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The French Revolutions influence on The Haitian revolution
In 1789 the French revolution did ignite the people of Saint-Dominique to revolt just a few years later. All products were to imported and exported to France. Trading to other…
Haiti: The Slave Rebellion Begins
A few months later, what normally would have been a insignificant event took place that would change the course of Saint-Dominique forever. This was said to be the beginning of…
Did the Haitian revolution ignite the abolition of slavery in the UK?
Could the Haitian revolution of 1804 been the turning point of the abolition of slavery throughout the British colonies? It most definitely had an impact on the passing of the…
Slavery in the Antebellum Era
During the antebellum (pre-Civil War) years slavery expanded aggressively along with the United States (see population statistics, below). Fueled by a surging world demand for cotton, slavery spread quickly into…
Anti-Slavery
Abolitionism in the United States or Antislavery Movement in the United States, a major American reform movement that sought to eradicate slavery in the United States by means of a…
Slavery in the Colonial Era
Slavery spread quickly in the American colonies. At first the legal status of Africans in America was poorly defined, and some—like European indentured servants—managed to become free after several years…
Ellen and William Craft
Craft, Ellen and William, name of two African American abolitionists who were husband and wife. Ellen Craft (1826-1891) was a light-skinned black who helped her and her husband escape from…
The End of Slavery
Ironically, although Southern politicians supported secession in order to preserve slavery, their action led instead to slavery’s death. As the war dragged on, Northern war aims gradually shifted from preserving…
Free Blacks in the United States
Free Blacks in the United States, African Americans who, during the period of slavery from 1619 to 1860, were not themselves enslaved. In 1966 black author James Baldwin wrote "To…
Follow the Drinking Gourd
The American folksong Follow the Drinking Gourd was first published in 1928. The Drinking Gourd song was supposedly used by an Underground Railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a…
Introduction: American Slavery
Slavery has appeared in many forms throughout its long history. Slaves have served in capacities as diverse as concubines, warriors, servants, craftsmen, tutors, and victims of ritual sacrifice. In the…
Fugitive Slaves
Fugitive Slaves, antebellum African Americans who liberated themselves by running away from the slave South to freedom in the North, Canada, or Mexico. American slavery was a lifelong institution from…
Slave Life and Slave Resistance
Such autonomy was not totally lacking. In the quarters—the collection of slave cabins that on large plantations resembled a miniature village—slaves developed their own way of life. The degree of…
The Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad, beginning in the early 19th century and continuing well up to the Civil War, the so-called freedom train was a secret and extensive network of people, places, and…
