Field Slaves
The division of the land into smaller units under private ownership in America became known as the plantation system..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwork.htm Charles Langston
Charles Langston was born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1817..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASlangston.... Thaddeus Stevens
A strong opponent of slavery, he defended a large number of fugitives without a fee..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASstevens.h... Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers and abolitionists
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford1, 60 U.S. known as the "Dred Scott Case", was a lawsuit decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857. It is considered by many to have been a key cause of the American Civil
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php... Slave Voices from the Duke University Special Collections Library
This site probes the life experiences of American slaves from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century, and examines the enterprise of recovering and preserving African American history of the period.
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/ Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley, the son of a cloth-dresser from Leeds, was born in 1733. After the death of his mother in 1740..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRpriestley.h... Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth Hobbs was born a slave in Virginia in 1818. She was the property of Colonel Burwell and when she was fourteen she was sent to work for his son
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASkeckley.h... Henry Brougham
Henry Brougham, the son of Henry and Eleanora Brougham, landowners in Westmorland, was born in Edinburgh on 19th September, 1778
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbrougham.ht... Moses Grandy
Moses Grandy was born a slave in Camden County, North Carolina, in 1786. He was his mother's youngest child
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASgrandy.ht... Encyclopaedia of British History: 1500-1950
British History 1500-1950
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