When did African American slavery begin and end?

Answer 1

The first boatload of Africans brought were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 by a Dutch slaver which was trying to get to the Spanish colonies further south but got blown of course. That, of course, was long before there was a United States. The Dutch sold those people to the Virginians but the Virginians did not make slaves of them. Instead they made them indentured servents, which meant that after they had worked long enough (usually seven years) to pay back the person who bought them, they were freed. This was a common way for poor people to pay for their passage when they came here from England throughout the colonial period. As more blacks were brought to the colonies, the period of indenture was gradually lengthened and eventually the indentured servitude was abandoned altogether in favor of outright slavery. Slavery was ended one and for all with the ratification of the 13th amendment to the Constitution in December of 1865. Michael Montagne

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. The second order, issued January 1, 1863, named ten specific states where it would apply.

Unfortunately, it did not free the slaves in slave-holding Union states, such as Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, or Delaware. And since the President and the Union government had no real jurisdiction in the Confederate states, it didn't really have any effect on slavery at the time it was issued. It did, however, have a great effect on morale. When the North won the war, the Emancipation could finally be enforced.

Near the end of the war, abolitionists were concerned that while the Proclamation had freed most slaves as a war measure, it had not made slavery illegal. Several former slave states had already passed legislation prohibiting slavery; however, in a few states, slavery continued to be legal, and to exist, until December 18, 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified.

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Slavery is still goes on today; an unknown number of child prostitution/slavery rings are operating in the US. These networks are extremely difficult to detect and prosecute due to the age of the victims and the nature of the those who patronize and therefore make them financially profitable.

Answer 3

There is not a 'hard' date that slaves were called slaves in America. The first slaves that were brought to America were brought by the English to Jamestown in 1607, but the first recorded slave was in 1618. Also, there were also Native American slaves that the colonists bought.