May 11, 2018 · Slavery is the unconditional servitude of one individual to another. A slave is usually acquired by purchase and legally described as chattel or a tangible form of movable …

Slavery and RaceDEFINITIONS OF SLAVERYSLAVERY AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENONTHE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND THE RACIALIZATION OF SLAVERYSLAVERY AND …

Slavery and the Economy: An OverviewForced labor was an essential component of the Southern economy from the time Europeans first settled the American South in significant numbers. …

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE NORTH The American Revolution is regarded as the precipitating factor in the abolition of northern slavery. However, more than a century of …

Proslavery Arguments: An OverviewIn the decades leading up to the Civil War, sectional tensions between North and South manifested themselves in both popular and political discourse. …

The Economic Impact of Slavery in the SouthWith its mild climate and fertile soil, the South became an agrarian society, where tobacco, rice, sugar, cotton, wheat, and hemp undergirded …

One of the most valuable weapons that the abolitionist movement used in its war against slavery was the so-called " Underground Railroad." This was the name given to a secret network of …

Slavery in the Caribbean Europeans arrived in the islands of the Caribbean in 1492. Columbus, on his first voyage, visited the Bahamas, Cuba, and the island that he named Española …

Antislavery Arguments: An OverviewDuring North American slavery from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, there were those who challenged the system for a variety of reasons. …

Slavery and the Rise of CapitalismOne of the structures that characterizes the modern Western world and separates it from medieval Europe is capitalism. A paramount and distinguishing …