1. Slavery and
Abolition
An Overview

2. Origins
Slavery was not an institution created in the
United States, It’s roots go back more than 2
millennium. It has footprints in most Ancient
civilizations.
 Egypt
 Greece
 The Roman Empire
 China
 Pre-Columbian Societies in the Americas

3. The Colonies
 The earliest slaves were White indentured
servants from England
 As the Colonies grew and agricultural
production increased indentured servants
were not enough and the African slave trade
took hold
 Slavery was legal in all the Colonies except
Georgia until 1751 when it was the last to
legalize the practice
 The Plantation System developing in the South
was a major force behind the booming slave
trade.

4. Slaves
Slavery as an institution crossed races, gender,
and ages with children and the elderly used as
slaves
 Slavery is mainly associated with the African
captives brought to the U.S. and constitutes
the vast majority of slaves.
 White people were also slaves, though the
term used for most of these was indentured
servants
 During the Western gold rush Asians were
slaves used mainly for prostitution and
dangerous labor

5. Abolitionists Frederick Douglass
 Abolitionistswere those people, both
black and white, man and woman, and
Northerner or Southerner who believed
that Slavery should be ended and worked
to do so
 Radical Abolitionists felt the same way but
used extreme measures in their fight to
free the slaves.

6. Men William Lloyd
Garrison
 William Lloyd Garrison
 Creator of the American Anti-Slavery Society and
Publisher of the Liberator. Had a $5000 bounty placed
on his head by Georgia Legislature
 William Still
 Known as the father of the Underground Railroad
he helped scores of slaves to freedom and kept
records on all those he helped
 John Brown
 Radical Abolitionist famous for his raid on Harpers
Ferry West Virginia. Was sentenced to death
 Frederick Douglass
 Noted orator and escaped slave, he was an avid
believer in equality for all people: black, White,
Native American, Asian, new immigrants, and
women. He is among the most famous abolitionists

7. Women
Women Abolitionists had a large part in
fighting for the end to slavery
Harriet Tubman

8. Notable Names Susan B.
Anthony
 Sojourner Truth
 An escaped slave herself she helped recruit black
soldiers for the Union Army
 Lucretia Mott
 A Quaker minister who made her home a stop on the
Underground Railroad
 Susan B. Anthony
 Better known for her connections to women's suffrage,
she was also a staunch advocate of Abolition
 Lucy Stone
 Organizer of the American Anti-Slavery Society in Boston
who taught escaped slave to read and write.
 Harriet Tubman
 An escaped slave, known as Moses for her visions from
God, she made multiple trips to the South to help
escaping slaves

9. Documents
 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
 Was part of a compromise between Southern
Slave Owners and Northern Free- Soilers requiring
escaped slaves to be returned to their owners.
 The Emancipation Proclamation
 An Executive Order issued by Abraham Lincoln
on January 1st, 1863 proclaiming all slaves in
Confederate territory free
 The 13th Amendment
 Passed on April 8th, 1864 this Amendment to the
Constitution officially outlawed slavery in the
United States

10. Civil War

11.  California
 Connecticut
 Illinois
 Indiana


Iowa
Kansas
Union
 Maine
 Massachusetts
Michigan

 Minnesota These States
 New Hampshire remained loyal to
 New Jersey
 New York President


Ohio
Oregon
Abraham Lincoln.
 Pennsylvania
 Rhode Island
 Vermont
 Wisconsin

12. Border States
 BorderStates were those who had slaves
but remained loyal to the Union.
 Maryland
 Delaware
 Kentucky
 Missouri

13.  Alabama
 Georgia
 Louisiana Confederacy
 Mississippi
 South Carolina
 Tennessee These states
 Texas
seceded from the
 Virginia
Union electing
 Florida
Jefferson Davis as
 North Carolina
President.
 Arkansas

14. International
Many people of different ethnicities and
cultural backgrounds participated in the
American Civil War.

15. Hispanic Heritage David
Farragut
 Many Hispanic people played roles in the Civil War
for both the Union and Confederacy
 Admiral David Farragut fought in the Union Navy
and stated the famous line, “Damn the
torpedoes, full speed ahead”
 The Garibaldi Guard bough in the Union Army and
had members from many European Countries
including Spain and Portugal
 Corporal Joseph DeCastro was the first ever
Hispanic to win the Medal of Honor for Valor at the
Battle of Gettysburg
 Loreta Janeta Velazquez was a 19-year old Cuban
woman who fought for the Confederacy at Bull
Run and Shiloh disguised as a man.

16. Asians Joseph
Pierce
Though most Asians in the U.S. were found in
the Western part of the country there were
a handful who fought in the Civil War on
both sides.
 Joseph Pierce was brought to the U.S. from
China by his adopted father and was a
veteran of Gettysburg and Antietam
 Stephen and Christopher Bunker were
children of Siamese descent who fought for
the Confederacy