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What are two sentences for the word slavery?
Slavery is free labor (African Americans). Slavery is work done by African Americans without getting paid.
Why did the south fight for slavery?
The south was afraid that without slavery their economy would die. They were also afraid that the African Americans could out weigh them.
In 1860 were more african americans enslaved or free?
(in the US) Without even resorting to statistical research: since the year contained in the question is prior to the War Between the States, and since the practice of slavery existed in both the northern states and the southern states, it can safely be deduced that more African-Americans (in North America) were enslaved than there were free at that time.
What were African Americans forced To do during slavery?
During slavery, African Americans were forced to work without compensation on plantations and in various sectors, performing grueling labor under harsh conditions. They were denied basic human rights, subjected to physical punishment, and separated from their families. Additionally, they were often stripped of their cultural identities and denied access to education. The institution of slavery dehumanized them, treating them as property rather than individuals.
Why did some African Americans leave the US to go to Canada?
There was no slavery in canada. For a long time, there was no extradition treaty, either, so they could go there without fear of being captured and returned.
What has the author Ira Berlin written?
Ira Berlin has written: 'Slaves who were free' 'Records of southern plantations from emancipation to the great migration' -- subject(s): Sources, History, Archives, Plantation owners, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), African Americans, Plantation life 'Many thousands gone' -- subject(s): African Americans, History, Slavery, Social conditions 'Slaves without masters; the free Negro in the antebellum South' -- subject(s): African Americans, History 'The making of African America' -- subject(s): OverDrive, History, Nonfiction 'Remembering Slavery' 'The making of African America' -- subject(s): Slave trade, Internal Migration, Emigration and immigration, African Americans, Migrations, History
Was the African Americans prohibited from moving about the country without employment?
no
Abraham Lincoln emancipated the African Americans because?
Because he had an urgent need to keep the British from intervening on the side of the Confederates. If he officially turned the war into a crusade against slavery, the British could not intervene without looking pro-slavery in the eyes of the world. (The British had, of course, abolished slavery years earlier.)
How did people in the US view African slaves?
The majority of the population accepted slavery without reservation.
What did the African Americans bring the us?
A workforce that could be worked to death no questions asked. George Washington had nearly 400 hundred slaves when he died. while he did see the wrong in slavery he certainly did not endow them with the wealth that they accrued for him while he lived. So initially it could be said that African Americans Brought America the wealth gained through hard work, without "Americans" having to work for it.
Why did the states sounth of Pennsylvania cling to the institution of slavery?
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
What did the end of slavery force southerners of both races to do?
The end of slavery forced southerners of both races to adapt to a new economic and social order. White southerners had to adjust to a labor system without slavery, while African Americans sought to establish new lives with increased freedom. These changes led to significant social tensions and economic challenges in the post-Civil War South.
