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Virginia did not abolish slavery in its first proposed constitution of 1861, though it did ban the importation of slaves. In 1863, voters approved the Willey Amendment, which provided for gradual abolition of slavery, with the last enslaved people scheduled to be freed in 1884. On February 3,
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by free states, the Senate became the preoccupation of slave-state politicians interested in maintaining a congressional veto over federal policy with regard to slavery and other issues important to the South. As a result of this preoccupation, slave states and free states were often admitted into
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Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri – all slave states – remained in the Union, although Kentucky and Missouri also had competing Confederate state governments. In 1863 western Virginia, much of which had remained loyal to the Union, was admitted as the new
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Californians. This law provided for apprenticing or indenturing Indian children to Whites, and also punished vagrant Indians by hiring them out to the highest bidder at a public auction if the Indian could not provide sufficient bond or bail. The new settlers took
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in the South. Little actual gain was made by the free Negro even in this period, and by the turn of the century the downward trend had begun again. Thereafter the only important change in that trend before the Civil War was that after 1831 the decline in the status of the free Negro became more
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Missouri. The animosity escalated throughout the 1850s, culminating in numerous skirmishes and devastation on both sides of the question. Nevertheless, the North prevented Kansas Territory from becoming a slave state, and when Southern members of Congress departed
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abolished slavery throughout the United States, except as punishment for a crime, on
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Missouri (a slave state) for Maine (a free state), drew a line extending west from Missouri's southern border, which was intended to divide any new territory into slave (south of the line) and free (north of the
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At the start of the Civil War, there were 34 states in the United States, 15 of which were slave states. Eleven of these slave states, after conventions devoted to the topic, issued declarations of secession from the United States, created the
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declared all enslaved people in areas then under
Confederate control free, but, in practice, freedom required either slaves reaching Union lines or Union forces reaching their area. As Union forces advanced from January 1, 1863, to
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Missouri's southern border, would, except for Missouri, become free states, and territory south of that line would become slave states. As part of the compromise,
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in early 1861, Kansas was immediately admitted to the Union as a free state.
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In the early years of the United States, a north-south divide became evident.
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of 1820, the dividing line between the slave and free states was called the
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West Virginia Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution 49, March 15, 2021
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United States Census Bureau (1968). Cummings, John; Adna, Joseph (eds.).
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or enslaved, in the colonies. Despite this, thousands of black Americans
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centuries, while some illegal smuggling of African slaves continued via
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30:"Slave state" redirects here. It may also refer to the kingdoms of the
3683:"Wolf by the Ears: The Missouri Crisis, 1819–1821 by John R. Van Atta"
3397:, which the Southern contingent had protected, was abolished in 1862.
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states. Unshaded areas were not states before or during the Civil War.
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Only Virginia, Tennessee and Texas held referendums to ratify their
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The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854–1861
4412:"Freedmen and Southern Society Project: Chronology of Emancipation"
3206: Subsequent operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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were to be preserved, and states were typically admitted in pairs:
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The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780–1860
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demanding freedom. 5 Northern states adopted policies to at least
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Eleven states had seceded, but Tennessee was under Union control.
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While California's state constitution outlawed slavery, the 1850
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was Mexican territory. They ignored the Mexican ban on slavery.
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Abolition of slavery in the various states of the US over time:
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In 1854, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was superseded by the
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by which slave states acquired increased representation in the
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Virginia: The New Dominion, a History from 1607 to the Present
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with a commitment to gradual emancipation. The following year
5096:
Slave labor on United States military installations 1799–1863
4565:. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. p. 180.
4140:
A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
1983:
stood in contrast to the status of most black people, either
4390:"Education from LVA: Convention Resolved to Abolish Slavery"
4081:
Magliari, Michael (August 2004). "Free Soil, Unfree Labor".
3765:. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2006, ch. 1.
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and dependent on slave labor, the territory acquired in the
27:
Historical division of United States by legality of slavery
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1865, the state legislature approved immediate abolition.
3184: Exclusion of slavery by Congressional action, 1861
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on January 1, 1863, which exempted from emancipation the
2993:
Division of states during the Civil War. Blue represents
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and Pennsylvania), with its westward extension being the
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the British, encouraged by offers of freedom such as the
3224: Operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865
3218: Operation of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1864
3190: Abolition of slavery by Congressional action, 1862
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of 1821, which specified that territory acquired in the
95:. By the 18th century, slavery was legal throughout the
3923:
Black America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia
3763:
Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
2057:
was created as a slave state from Virginia (1792), and
3429:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
3095:
objected to the admission of a new slave state, while
2048:
Slavery in the United States#Abolitionism in the North
1935:
was established as a legal institution in each of the
144:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
3589:. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. p.
3586:
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
3494:. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 23–24.
3282:
Although it did not become a state until 1896, as an
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began in the mid-18th century. The sentiments of the
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Slavery in the colonial history of the United States
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as consistent with the Mormon view on Black people.
3286:, Utah legalized slavery under the 1852 territorial
2296:, on August 19, 1821, was admitted as a free state.
2283:
should be admitted as a slave state resulted in the
2188:, which was regarded as a westward extension of the
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was ratified, had prohibited slavery in the federal
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Slavery in the colonial history of the United States
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Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
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3996:"On This Day in West Virginia History – February 3"
5081:Slave markets and slave jails in the United States
3551:
2098:Article 1, section 9, clause 1 of the Constitution
4505:. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 10–.
3304:pioneers had arrived in Utah in 1847, during the
3292:Act for the Relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners
2184:. The southern boundary of the territory was the
1939:, starting from 1619 onwards with the arrival of
138:, had entered the Union after its own years-long
5345:Movement to reopen the transatlantic slave trade
3815:Negro Population in the United States, 1790–1915
3472:History of slavery in the United States by state
3339:Act for the Government and Protection of Indians
1662:13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
122:in 1787, the subject of political crises in the
65:slavery and the internal or domestic slave trade
5134:Slavery as a positive good in the United States
4559:Harrison, Lowell H.; Klotter, James C. (1997).
3026:, a free state in the West, was also admitted.
2006:In the 1770s, enslaved black people throughout
4089:(3). University of California Press: 349–390.
3843:"West Virginians Approve the Willey Amendment"
3356:End of slavery in the United States of America
2496:Free state immediate or gradual abolition and
1971:. Organized political and social movements to
5608:
5101:Slavery at American colleges and universities
4716:
4154:"NorCal Native Writes Of California Genocide"
1995:for a combination of reasons. Thousands also
1868:
8:
5086:Kidnapping into slavery in the United States
4679:Bibliography of slavery in the United States
4035:. Lippincott, Grambo & Company. p.
2420:for admission as a slave state, paired with
1667:Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom
6122:Acquisition of the Northern Mariana Islands
5566:Family reunification ads after emancipation
4594:"Slavery in the Middle States (NJ, NY, PA)"
4118:"California's War On Indians, 1850 to 1851"
3319:On June 19, 1862, fulfilling a part of his
2314:(1845) and the acquisition of the vast new
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5634:
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5279:Slavery and the United States Constitution
5038:
4723:
4709:
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1979:and the promise of equality evoked by the
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1861:
152:
6428:Expansion of slavery in the United States
6418:Historical geography of the United States
3542:
3540:
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3234:to the US constitution, December 18, 1865
2192:. The territory was generally settled by
6438:Electoral geography of the United States
5369:Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution
4685:Don E. Fehrenbacher and Ward M. Mcafee;
4160:. Info is in the podcast. Archived from
3750:Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
3028:
2901:
2754:
2472:
2432:" period of the later 1850s were called
2100:prohibited Congress from abolishing the
1672:Abolition of slave trade in Persian gulf
1537:Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery
1517:Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference 1889–90
111:— having declared its independence from
5071:Indentured servitude in British America
3818:. New York: Arno Press. pp. 56–57.
3752:. Oxford University Press, 2003. p. 105
3482:
3386:for readmission of Confederate states.
164:
146:, ratified in December 1865, abolished
6413:Political history of the United States
4369:"The Abolition of Slavery in Virginia"
4335:History of West Virginia: in two parts
4290:. Oxford University Press. p. 4.
3527:Slavery in Colonial America, 1619–1776
2485:, # and % of population in slaves
2416:. An effort was initiated to organize
72:states up to the 1840 census, and the
6423:Slavery in the United States by state
5511:Slavery during the American Civil War
5324:Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
4320:Abolition in the District of Columbia
4055:Arrington, Benjamin (June 19, 2018).
3457:Slavery in the colonial United States
3200:as originally issued, January 1, 1863
2106:Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
1559:Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention
1236:Human trafficking in Papua New Guinea
7:
6387:
3966:"African-Americans in West Virginia"
3558:. Oxford University Press. pp.
2010:began sending petitions to northern
1751:Slave marriages in the United States
1355:Human trafficking in the Middle East
6097:Acquisition of Puerto Rico and Guam
5516:End of slavery in the United States
4621:"Legislating Slavery in New Jersey"
4218:. Simon & Schuster. p. 7.
1090:Human trafficking in Southeast Asia
6112:Annexation of the Indian Territory
5394:John Quincy Adams and abolitionism
4645:Kocher, Greg (February 23, 2013).
4476:. January 11, 1865. Archived from
4142:. Oxford University Press, p. 114.
3925:, Greenwood, 2011, vol. 2, p. 922.
3832:, W. W. Norton, 2012, pp. 296–297.
3442:Border states (American Civil War)
2061:was created as a slave state from
1744:last survivors of American slavery
25:
5672:Tribal domestic dependent nations
5561:Civil rights movement (1865–1896)
5506:Origins of the American Civil War
5213:African American founding fathers
5156:Education during the slave period
4438:"Reconstruction: A State Divided"
4288:Reconstruction: A Concise History
3114:President Lincoln had issued the
2442:, and fought against pro-slavery
2231:), prohibited it from the start (
705:Field slaves in the United States
572:Slavery in the Rashidun Caliphate
6386:
6377:
6376:
6366:
6117:Treaty of the Danish West Indies
5309:History of slavery by U.S. state
5076:Slave trade in the United States
3868:"University of Virginia Library"
3447:Golden Circle (proposed country)
3122:(four slave states loyal to the
2374:were also coveted, with Senator
2176:of 1787, passed just before the
582:Slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate
577:Slavery in the Umayyad Caliphate
406:Slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate
176:
4057:"The Significance of June 19th"
3791:Statistics of the United States
3418:Restored Government of Virginia
1955:. Due to a lower prevalence of
1532:Committee of Experts on Slavery
1083:East, Southeast, and South Asia
132:cause of the American Civil War
5171:List of American slave traders
5051:Slavery among Native Americans
4152:Exchange Team, The Jefferson.
3657:"LIBERTY! Northwest Ordinance"
3369:, and were represented in the
3274:had been seeking for decades.
2318:territories (1848), after the
1231:Slave raiding in Easter Island
150:throughout the United States.
1:
5379:George Washington and slavery
5258:American Colonization Society
5253:African-American slave owners
3721:Journal of the Early Republic
3687:Journal of the Early Republic
3367:Confederate States of America
2300:Texas and the Mexican Cession
6443:Slavery in the United States
6169:Slave states and free states
5624:Regions of the United States
5384:Thomas Jefferson and slavery
5129:American proslavery movement
5091:Slave states and free states
4732:Slavery in the United States
4474:"Missouri abolishes slavery"
4332:Lewis, Virgil Anson (1889).
3797:. Suitland-Silver Hill, MD:
3737:Journal of the Civil War Era
3490:Painter, Nell Irvin (2006).
3462:Slavery in the United States
1522:Temporary Slavery Commission
1183:Slavery in the Mongol Empire
18:Free states and slave states
6280:International border states
5409:Abraham Lincoln and slavery
4250:Dabney, Virginius. (1983).
4214:Martis, Kenneth C. (1994).
3799:United States Census Bureau
3619:Declaration of Independence
2330:did not seem hospitable to
2152:equivalent to 60% of their
1981:Declaration of Independence
1542:Ad Hoc Committee on Slavery
587:Volga Bulgarian slave trade
6459:
6307:Red states and blue states
5483:Children of the plantation
5414:Andrew Johnson and slavery
5404:Zachary Taylor and slavery
5350:Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
5319:Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
5284:American slave court cases
5248:Amerindian slave ownership
4676:
4254:. Doubleday. p. 296.
4175:Magliari, Michael (2012).
4158:JPR Jefferson Public Radio
3353:
3333:Forced labor in California
3330:
3288:Act in Relation to Service
2630:1783–1800, Free 1857 – 0%
2462:Slave and free state pairs
2397:
2303:
2198:American Revolutionary War
1896:
1727:Great Dismal Swamp maroons
1564:Anti-Slavery International
1329:North Africa and West Asia
86:Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
82:Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
29:
6362:
5536:Emancipation Proclamation
5461:Sexual relations and rape
5389:James Madison and slavery
4562:A New History of Kentucky
4286:Guelzo, Allen C. (2018).
4201:10.1525/phr.2012.81.2.155
4193:10.1525/phr.2012.81.2.155
4181:Pacific Historical Review
4095:10.1525/phr.2004.73.3.349
4083:Pacific Historical Review
3936:"West Virginia Statehood"
3402:Emancipation Proclamation
3379:Emancipation Proclamation
3344:Emancipation Proclamation
3198:Emancipation Proclamation
3156:(slavery excluded), 1787
3116:Emancipation Proclamation
2458:as a free state in 1859.
2279:Controversy over whether
2086:Constitutional Convention
2016:gradually abolish slavery
1903:Abolitionism in the North
1823:Emancipation Proclamation
1495:Opposition and resistance
1253:Sex trafficking in Europe
1241:Blackbirding in Polynesia
804:Trans-Saharan slave trade
5521:Compensated emancipation
4418:. University of Maryland
4122:Native American Netroots
4116:Ojibwa (March 2, 2015).
3681:Mueller, Ken S. (2017).
3350:End of non-penal slavery
3083:During the Civil War, a
3053:(gradual abolition plan)
2260:House of Representatives
2146:House of Representatives
2001:Philipsburg Proclamation
1603:Compensated emancipation
814:Indian Ocean slave trade
80:, as implemented by the
5356:Partus sequitur ventrem
5299:Three-fifths Compromise
4697:(2 vol Abc-clio, 2007).
4625:Princeton & Slavery
4138:Pritzker, Barry. 2000,
3644:Oxford University Press
3531:excerpt and text search
2386:, and one or two other
1527:1926 Slavery Convention
1283:Germany in World War II
900:North and South America
422:Contract of manumission
5431:Supreme Court Justices
5399:John Tyler and slavery
5374:Presidents and slavery
5363:Dred Scott v. Sandford
4026:John Williams Gunnison
3242:
3002:
2745:
2426:Lecompton Constitution
2271:
2247:
2169:
2129:
1929:
1921:
1008:British Virgin Islands
560:Circassian slave trade
526:Safavid imperial harem
521:Ottoman Imperial Harem
48:
5954:Appalachian Highlands
5929:Intermontane Plateaus
5665:Minor Outlying Island
5304:Slave and free states
5294:Fugitive Slave Clause
5208:List of abolitionists
5061:Slavery in New France
4693:Rodriguez, Junius P.
4535:"Slavery in Delaware"
4164:on November 14, 2019.
3774:Leonard L. Richards,
3723:10#2 (1990): 221–249
3699:10.1353/jer.2017.0011
3409:, slaves were freed.
3268:Franklin and Armfield
3250:on February 3, 1865.
3140:
2992:
2743:
2468:admitted to the Union
2304:Further information:
2269:
2245:
2167:
2122:
2102:importation of slaves
2094:Fugitive Slave Clause
1943:enslaved Africans in
1927:
1910:
1247:Europe and North Asia
1207:Australia and Oceania
907:Pre-Columbian America
479:Slave raid of Suðuroy
411:Slavery in al-Andalus
333:Black Sea slave trade
262:21st-century jihadism
93:European colonization
74:Fugitive Slave Clause
42:
5650:District of Columbia
5330:Gag rule (1836–1840)
5191:Underground Railroad
5166:Domestic slave trade
5151:Mandatory illiteracy
5056:Slavery in New Spain
5007:District of Columbia
4416:www.freedmen.umd.edu
4394:edu.lva.virginia.gov
3976:on December 31, 2013
3921:Alton Hornsby, Jr.,
3748:McPherson, James M.
3739:9.3 (2019): 438–456.
3646:, 2007, pp. 168–185.
3636:William W. Freehling
3583:Foner, Eric (2010).
3395:District of Columbia
3371:Confederate Congress
3306:Mexican–American War
3260:District of Columbia
3232:Thirteenth Amendment
2320:Mexican–American War
2110:domestic slave trade
1953:Atlantic slave trade
1702:Indentured servitude
1630:Underground Railroad
1430:United Arab Emirates
819:Zanzibar slave trade
786:By country or region
599:Atlantic slave trade
501:Ma malakat aymanukum
385:Venetian slave trade
130:and was the primary
67:were legal, while a
6092:Newlands Resolution
6047:Southwest Territory
6042:Northwest Territory
5551:Radical Republicans
5498:Civil War and after
5426:Members of Congress
5243:List of plantations
5026:U.S. Virgin Islands
4440:. January 23, 2014.
3548:Painter, Nell Irvin
3314:They viewed slavery
3284:organized territory
3170:Missouri Compromise
3154:Northwest Ordinance
3085:Unionist government
2410:popular sovereignty
2406:Kansas–Nebraska Act
2285:Missouri Compromise
2275:Missouri Compromise
2182:Northwest Territory
2174:Northwest Ordinance
2142:Three-Fifths Clause
2125:Missouri Compromise
2067:Missouri Compromise
2040:Republic of Vermont
1977:American Revolution
1969:American Revolution
1918:Northwest Ordinance
1788:Slave Route Project
919:Americas indigenous
809:Red Sea slave trade
799:Contemporary Africa
662:Topics and practice
432:Crimean slave trade
427:Bukhara slave trade
380:Genoese slave trade
257:Contemporary Africa
237:Forced prostitution
124:Missouri Compromise
6433:Regional rivalries
6189:Atlantic Northeast
6102:Cession of Tutuila
6052:Louisiana Purchase
5949:Interior Highlands
5677:Maritime territory
5546:Reconstruction era
4454:. November 1, 1864
4400:on March 30, 2016.
4338:. pp. 379–380
4128:on April 13, 2019.
4006:on October 8, 2014
3903:on August 14, 2017
3893:"Willey Amendment"
3778:(LSU Press, 2000).
3264:Compromise of 1850
3243:
3089:Wheeling, Virginia
3007:American Civil War
3003:
2897:Compromise of 1850
2746:
2378:declaring "I want
2339:Compromise of 1850
2324:cotton plantations
2312:admission of Texas
2289:Louisiana Purchase
2272:
2248:
2170:
2130:
1949:indigenous peoples
1930:
1922:
1569:Blockade of Africa
876:Somali slave trade
792:Sub-Saharan Africa
484:Turkish Abductions
442:Khivan slave trade
437:Khazar slave trade
390:Balkan slave trade
348:Prague slave trade
128:Compromise of 1850
49:
45:American Civil War
6400:
6399:
6209:Pacific Northwest
6199:Columbia District
6177:
6176:
6107:Cession of Manu'a
6067:Adams–Onís Treaty
6037:Thirteen Colonies
6012:
6011:
5939:Laurentian Upland
5901:
5900:
5590:
5589:
5586:
5585:
5556:Freedmen's Bureau
4512:978-0-598-67518-7
4480:on April 25, 2012
4318:American Memory "
4297:978-0-19-086569-6
3801:. pp. 82–84.
3761:Nicole Etcheson.
3600:978-0-19-513755-2
3300:and his group of
3105:Waitman T. Willey
3071:
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2982:
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2738:
2737:
2178:U.S. Constitution
2150:Electoral College
1957:tropical diseases
1937:Thirteen Colonies
1885:
1884:
1835:Freedmen's Bureau
1657:Third Servile War
1652:International law
1219:Human trafficking
981:Human trafficking
656:Thirteen colonies
474:Sack of Baltimore
242:Human trafficking
120:U.S. Constitution
105:Revolutionary War
97:Thirteen Colonies
78:U.S. Constitution
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6057:Gadsden Purchase
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5272:Law and politics
5196:Freedmen's towns
5176:Runaway slave ad
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3878:
3864:
3858:
3857:
3855:
3853:
3839:
3833:
3826:
3820:
3819:
3809:
3803:
3802:
3796:
3785:
3779:
3772:
3766:
3759:
3753:
3746:
3740:
3733:
3727:
3717:
3711:
3710:
3678:
3672:
3671:
3669:
3667:
3653:
3647:
3633:
3627:
3611:
3605:
3604:
3580:
3574:
3573:
3557:
3544:
3533:
3520:
3514:
3513:
3487:
3239:
3229:
3223:
3217:
3211:
3205:
3195:
3189:
3183:
3177:
3167:
3161:
3151:
3145:
3052:
3029:
2902:
2755:
2682:1784–1840s – 0%
2656:1799–1840s – 0%
2578:1784–1840s – 0%
2552:1780–1840s – 0%
2526:1804–65 – 0.01%
2473:
2360:Ostend Manifesto
2356:Lopez Expedition
2190:Mason-Dixon line
2090:new constitution
2071:Mason-Dixon line
1941:"twenty and odd"
1877:
1870:
1863:
1847:Emancipation Day
1680:
1647:Slave Trade Acts
338:Byzantine Empire
180:
153:
126:of 1820 and the
21:
6458:
6457:
6453:
6452:
6451:
6449:
6448:
6447:
6403:
6402:
6401:
6396:
6358:
6285:Mariana Islands
6233:
6214:Prairie Pothole
6194:The Californias
6173:
6126:
6087:Alaska Purchase
6082:Mexican Cession
6030:
6008:
5970:
5944:Interior Plains
5934:Rocky Mountains
5897:
5836:
5833:
5825:
5797:Middle Atlantic
5739:
5705:Hawaii–Aleutian
5681:
5626:
5621:
5591:
5582:
5571:Freedmen's town
5492:
5471:Slave marriages
5444:and procreation
5443:
5441:
5435:
5421:Vice presidents
5335:Nullifier Party
5314:Fugitive slaves
5267:
5263:Slave narrative
5201:Black Canadians
5121:
5115:
5030:
5009:
4995:
4734:
4729:
4681:
4675:
4673:Further reading
4670:
4660:
4658:
4657:on July 2, 2018
4644:
4643:
4639:
4629:
4627:
4619:Smith, Geneva.
4618:
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4601:
4600:. July 16, 2020
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4498:
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4481:
4472:
4471:
4467:
4457:
4455:
4450:
4449:
4445:
4436:
4435:
4431:
4421:
4419:
4410:
4409:
4405:
4388:
4387:
4383:
4373:
4371:
4367:
4366:
4362:
4355:
4351:
4341:
4339:
4331:
4330:
4326:
4317:
4313:
4298:
4285:
4284:
4280:
4273:
4269:
4262:
4249:
4237:
4233:
4226:
4213:
4212:
4208:
4174:
4173:
4169:
4151:
4150:
4146:
4137:
4133:
4115:
4114:
4110:
4080:
4079:
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4065:
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4054:
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4049:
4024:
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4019:
4009:
4007:
3994:
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3989:
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3929:
3920:
3916:
3906:
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3891:
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3886:
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3866:
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3861:
3851:
3849:
3841:
3840:
3836:
3827:
3823:
3811:
3810:
3806:
3794:
3787:
3786:
3782:
3773:
3769:
3760:
3756:
3747:
3743:
3734:
3730:
3718:
3714:
3680:
3679:
3675:
3665:
3663:
3655:
3654:
3650:
3634:
3630:
3612:
3608:
3601:
3582:
3581:
3577:
3570:
3546:
3545:
3536:
3521:
3517:
3502:
3489:
3488:
3484:
3480:
3438:
3384:Abraham Lincoln
3362:
3352:
3335:
3329:
3280:
3256:
3254:Washington D.C.
3241:
3237:
3235:
3227:
3225:
3221:
3219:
3215:
3213:
3209:
3207:
3203:
3201:
3193:
3191:
3187:
3185:
3181:
3179:
3175:
3173:
3165:
3163:
3159:
3157:
3149:
3147:
3143:
3101:John S. Carlile
3081:
3076:
3051:
2987:
2734:Free 1787 – 0%
2721:331,726 – 46.9%
2708:Free 1777 – 0%
2695:275,719 – 24.8%
2669:225,483 – 19.5%
2643:331,059 – 33.4%
2617:490,865 – 30.7%
2604:Free 1783 – 0%
2591:402,406 – 57.2%
2539:462,198 – 43.7%
2464:
2444:Border Ruffians
2430:Bleeding Kansas
2414:bloody fighting
2402:
2400:Bleeding Kansas
2396:
2372:Northern Mexico
2347:
2337:As part of the
2316:Mexican Cession
2308:
2302:
2277:
2162:
2160:New territories
2154:disenfranchised
1973:abolish slavery
1905:
1895:
1890:
1881:
1852:
1851:
1756:Slave narrative
1712:Fugitive slaves
1692:
1684:
1683:
1674:
1642:Slave rebellion
1497:
1487:
1486:
1445:
1435:
1434:
1257:United Kingdom
1193:Yankee princess
787:
779:
778:
506:Avret Pazarları
452:Avret Pazarları
321:Medieval Europe
287:
277:
276:
215:Forced marriage
190:
55:before 1865, a
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
6456:
6454:
6446:
6445:
6440:
6435:
6430:
6425:
6420:
6415:
6405:
6404:
6398:
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6384:
6374:
6363:
6360:
6359:
6357:
6356:
6351:
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6339:
6334:
6329:
6324:
6314:
6309:
6304:
6303:
6302:
6292:
6287:
6282:
6277:
6272:
6267:
6262:
6257:
6252:
6247:
6241:
6239:
6235:
6234:
6232:
6231:
6229:Virgin Islands
6226:
6224:Sonoran Desert
6221:
6219:Samoan Islands
6216:
6211:
6206:
6204:Oregon Country
6201:
6196:
6191:
6185:
6183:
6179:
6178:
6175:
6174:
6172:
6171:
6166:
6165:
6164:
6159:
6149:
6148:
6147:
6136:
6134:
6128:
6127:
6125:
6124:
6119:
6114:
6109:
6104:
6099:
6094:
6089:
6084:
6079:
6074:
6069:
6064:
6062:Treaty of 1818
6059:
6054:
6049:
6044:
6039:
6033:
6031:
6026:
6020:
6014:
6013:
6010:
6009:
6007:
6006:
6001:
5996:
5991:
5986:
5980:
5978:
5972:
5971:
5969:
5968:
5967:
5966:
5959:Atlantic Plain
5956:
5951:
5946:
5941:
5936:
5931:
5926:
5920:
5918:
5909:
5903:
5902:
5899:
5898:
5896:
5895:
5890:
5885:
5880:
5875:
5870:
5865:
5860:
5855:
5850:
5845:
5839:
5837:
5830:
5827:
5826:
5824:
5823:
5822:
5821:
5816:
5811:
5801:
5800:
5799:
5794:
5784:
5783:
5782:
5777:
5767:
5766:
5765:
5760:
5749:
5747:
5741:
5740:
5738:
5737:
5732:
5727:
5722:
5717:
5712:
5707:
5702:
5697:
5691:
5689:
5683:
5682:
5680:
5679:
5674:
5669:
5668:
5667:
5662:
5652:
5647:
5641:
5639:
5632:
5631:Administrative
5628:
5627:
5622:
5620:
5619:
5612:
5605:
5597:
5588:
5587:
5584:
5583:
5581:
5580:
5579:
5578:
5568:
5563:
5558:
5553:
5548:
5543:
5538:
5533:
5531:Colored Troops
5528:
5523:
5518:
5513:
5508:
5502:
5500:
5494:
5493:
5491:
5490:
5485:
5480:
5473:
5468:
5466:Slave breeding
5463:
5458:
5456:Female slavery
5453:
5451:Sexual slavery
5447:
5445:
5442:sexual slavery
5437:
5436:
5434:
5433:
5428:
5423:
5418:
5417:
5416:
5411:
5406:
5401:
5396:
5391:
5386:
5381:
5371:
5366:
5359:
5352:
5347:
5342:
5337:
5332:
5327:
5321:
5316:
5311:
5306:
5301:
5296:
5291:
5286:
5281:
5275:
5273:
5269:
5268:
5266:
5265:
5260:
5255:
5250:
5245:
5240:
5235:
5230:
5225:
5220:
5215:
5210:
5205:
5204:
5203:
5198:
5188:
5183:
5178:
5173:
5168:
5163:
5161:Slave quarters
5158:
5153:
5148:
5147:
5146:
5136:
5131:
5125:
5123:
5122:social history
5117:
5116:
5114:
5113:
5108:
5103:
5098:
5093:
5088:
5083:
5078:
5073:
5068:
5063:
5058:
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5047:
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5036:
5032:
5031:
5029:
5028:
5023:
5017:
5015:
5011:
5010:
5005:
5003:
4997:
4996:
4994:
4993:
4988:
4983:
4978:
4973:
4968:
4963:
4958:
4953:
4948:
4943:
4941:South Carolina
4938:
4933:
4928:
4923:
4918:
4913:
4908:
4906:North Carolina
4903:
4898:
4893:
4888:
4883:
4878:
4873:
4868:
4863:
4858:
4853:
4848:
4843:
4838:
4833:
4828:
4823:
4818:
4813:
4808:
4803:
4798:
4793:
4788:
4783:
4778:
4773:
4768:
4763:
4758:
4753:
4748:
4742:
4740:
4736:
4735:
4730:
4728:
4727:
4720:
4713:
4705:
4699:
4698:
4691:
4677:Main article:
4674:
4671:
4669:
4668:
4637:
4611:
4585:
4571:
4551:
4539:Slavenorth.com
4526:
4511:
4491:
4465:
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4429:
4403:
4381:
4360:
4349:
4324:
4311:
4296:
4278:
4267:
4260:
4231:
4224:
4206:
4167:
4144:
4131:
4108:
4073:
4047:
4017:
3987:
3957:
3927:
3914:
3884:
3859:
3834:
3821:
3804:
3780:
3767:
3754:
3741:
3728:
3712:
3673:
3648:
3628:
3606:
3599:
3575:
3569:978-0195137569
3568:
3534:
3515:
3500:
3481:
3479:
3476:
3475:
3474:
3469:
3467:Wilmot Proviso
3464:
3459:
3454:
3449:
3444:
3437:
3434:
3351:
3348:
3331:Main article:
3328:
3325:
3310:Utah Territory
3279:
3278:Utah Territory
3276:
3255:
3252:
3248:13th Amendment
3236:
3226:
3220:
3214:
3208:
3202:
3192:
3186:
3180:
3174:
3164:
3158:
3148:
3142:
3093:Charles Sumner
3080:
3077:
3075:
3072:
3069:
3068:
3065:
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2822:
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2807:
2802:
2800:
2797:
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2790:
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2777:
2771:
2770:
2767:
2764:
2762:
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2724:
2722:
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2716:
2710:
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2706:
2703:
2698:
2696:
2693:
2690:
2684:
2683:
2680:
2677:
2672:
2670:
2667:
2664:
2658:
2657:
2654:
2651:
2646:
2644:
2641:
2638:
2636:North Carolina
2632:
2631:
2628:
2625:
2620:
2618:
2615:
2612:
2606:
2605:
2602:
2599:
2594:
2592:
2589:
2586:
2584:South Carolina
2580:
2579:
2576:
2573:
2568:
2566:
2565:87,189 – 12.7%
2563:
2560:
2554:
2553:
2550:
2547:
2542:
2540:
2537:
2534:
2528:
2527:
2524:
2521:
2516:
2514:
2511:
2508:
2502:
2501:
2494:
2491:
2488:
2486:
2480:
2477:
2463:
2460:
2398:Main article:
2395:
2392:
2388:Mexican States
2368:Filibuster War
2346:
2343:
2306:Wilmot Proviso
2301:
2298:
2276:
2273:
2194:New Englanders
2161:
2158:
2114:13th Amendment
2063:North Carolina
2053:In the South,
2044:Atlantic World
1894:
1891:
1889:
1886:
1883:
1882:
1880:
1879:
1872:
1865:
1857:
1854:
1853:
1850:
1849:
1844:
1843:
1842:
1837:
1832:
1827:
1826:
1825:
1815:
1810:
1805:
1800:
1795:
1785:
1780:
1775:
1770:
1769:
1768:
1763:
1753:
1748:
1747:
1746:
1741:
1734:List of slaves
1731:
1730:
1729:
1724:
1719:
1709:
1704:
1699:
1693:
1690:
1689:
1686:
1685:
1682:
1681:
1669:
1664:
1659:
1654:
1649:
1644:
1639:
1638:
1637:
1627:
1622:
1617:
1616:
1615:
1605:
1600:
1599:
1598:
1593:
1583:
1582:
1581:
1576:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1555:
1554:
1549:
1544:
1539:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1509:
1498:
1493:
1492:
1489:
1488:
1485:
1484:
1479:
1474:
1469:
1468:
1467:
1462:
1452:
1446:
1441:
1440:
1437:
1436:
1433:
1432:
1427:
1422:
1417:
1412:
1407:
1402:
1397:
1392:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1352:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1331:
1330:
1326:
1325:
1320:
1315:
1310:
1305:
1300:
1295:
1290:
1285:
1280:
1278:Dutch Republic
1275:
1270:
1269:
1268:
1263:
1255:
1249:
1248:
1244:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1222:
1221:
1210:
1209:
1203:
1202:
1197:
1196:
1195:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1169:
1168:
1158:
1157:
1156:
1146:
1141:
1140:
1139:
1134:
1124:
1123:
1122:
1117:
1112:
1102:
1097:
1092:
1086:
1085:
1079:
1078:
1073:
1066:
1065:
1064:
1059:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1038:
1037:
1027:
1022:
1021:
1020:
1015:
1010:
1005:
995:
990:
985:
984:
983:
978:
973:
968:
963:
958:
953:
948:
943:
938:
928:
927:
926:
916:
915:
914:
903:
902:
896:
895:
890:
885:
880:
879:
878:
868:
863:
858:
853:
848:
843:
838:
833:
828:
823:
822:
821:
811:
806:
801:
795:
794:
788:
785:
784:
781:
780:
777:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
750:
749:
745:
744:
739:
737:Child soldiers
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
713:
712:
702:
697:
692:
687:
686:
685:
680:
675:
664:
663:
659:
658:
653:
648:
646:Spanish Empire
643:
638:
633:
628:
626:Middle Passage
623:
618:
613:
608:
602:
601:
595:
594:
589:
584:
579:
574:
569:
564:
563:
562:
557:
552:
547:
542:
533:
528:
523:
518:
513:
508:
503:
498:
488:
487:
486:
481:
476:
471:
466:
456:
455:
454:
447:Ottoman Empire
444:
439:
434:
429:
424:
419:
414:
408:
402:
401:
395:
394:
393:
392:
382:
377:
372:
371:
370:
365:
360:
350:
345:
340:
335:
330:
324:
323:
317:
316:
311:
306:
301:
295:
294:
288:
283:
282:
279:
278:
275:
274:
269:
267:Sexual slavery
264:
259:
254:
249:
244:
239:
234:
233:
232:
227:
225:Child marriage
222:
212:
207:
202:
200:Child soldiers
197:
191:
186:
185:
182:
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1072:)
1068:(
538:/
413:
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