Research

Harriet Jacobs- (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2923.html)

(http://www.h

arrietjacobs.org/)

• She was born into slavery and was sexually abused by her owner.
• She ran away to the North to try and gain freedom.
• Since she was sexually abused by her owner, she had a child by him and then the child was sold later on to slavery.
• After the baby was born , she was still being abused by him.
• When she escaped in 1842, she went to Philadelphia and afterwards, went to New York to become a free woman.

Slave Trade- (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASafrica.htm)

(http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/essays-intro-07.faces)

• They would bring the slaves in from Africa through ships.
• Trading Slaves was like trading merchandise they would trade a person for a person and also for money.
• The trans-atlantic slave trade demanded more slaves in the Americas.
• Most of the slaves were traded in through Brazil. More than 2 million slaves were traded there.

• 12%-13% of the slaves would not survive the boat ride.

Slavery and Setting in North America.

-(http://www.relig

ioustolerance.org/sla_hist.htm)

• Slaves were bought in from Africa and half of them didnt even survive.
• When they were sick, they would be thrown out the boat to drown.
• They would be allowed to marry other slaves and some of the owners even proposed marriage.
• In America, they would just settle in the south.

Fugitive slave act - (myself and things ive learned from history class)

• The fugitive slave act was where slaves couldnt escape.
• If the slaves tried to escape, they would put wanted posters and rewards to help find the slaves.
  
• It gave owners rights to bring back the slaves if they wanted to.
• Also, if they bring in the slaves to the North, they still didnt treat them right because they were still considered a slave.

Abolitionist Movement -(http://afgen.com/abmovement.html)

( http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html

• The abolitionist movement took place between the 1830s- 1970s.
• This was the act in which they tried to abolish slavery once and for all.
• They wanted to free the slaves from the torture they had to endure for many years.
• Sojouner Truth was an abolisher and was also a freed slave.

Plantation Life - (http://americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/plantation_life.htm)

• Plantation life for slaves was gruesome.
• It was basically never ending for the slaves, they were never done with the work given in the fields.
• Men were put to be relied on in the fields. They would do all the backwrenching work and take care of plantation.
• Women and children worked inside the house cooking and cleaning for the owners.
• Some of the women were raped and children would be whipped if they didnt to their work.