Slavery

What is Slavery?

A condition in which individuals are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work.

Modern Slavery

Approximately 40.3 million people affected, including forced labour and forced marriage.

Lynching

Violent public acts used to terrorise and control Black people, often involving extreme brutality and public spectacle.

Plantations

Large farms in the Americas that grew crops like cotton, tobacco, and sugar, relying on slave labor.

The Middle Passage

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas, notorious for its brutal conditions.

Abolitionists

Individuals who campaigned to end slavery, including notable figures like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

Compromise of 1850

A package of laws passed by Congress to ease tensions between slave and free states before the Civil War.

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Law requiring all states to assist in the return of escaped slaves and making it illegal to assist runaway slaves.

Nat Turner's Slave Revolt

A rebellion led by Nat Turner in 1831 to free slaves, which resulted in violence and further oppression.

The Civil War

A conflict (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy) primarily over slavery.

Emancipation Proclamation

An order by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to free enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.

Capture and Voyage Conditions

Describes the brutal conditions on slave ships, including methods like 'tight pack' and 'loose pack'.

Slave Auctions

The process where enslaved individuals were sold like property upon arrival in the Americas.

The Underground Railroad

A secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.

Trained to resist

Laws and punishments implemented to control slaves and create fear of rebellion.

Slave Rebellions

Uprisings by enslaved individuals against their masters, signifying discontent and resistance against slavery.

Economic Tensions Pre-Civil War

The conflict between the industrial North and the agricultural South over the use of slave labor.

Conditions of Southern Plantations

Enslaved people faced harsh labor conditions, especially post-Industrial Revolution due to increased demand for cotton.