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 …

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 …

Moral Debates on SlaveryIn the United States the American Civil War (1861–1865) is one of the most significant events in American history, and in the years prior to this precipitous event the …

The Debate over Slavery in the United States ADAPTED FROM ESSAYS BY LAURA MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA, AND JONATHAN HOLLOWAY, YALE UNIVERSITY Source …

Religion and Slavery From the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade, Western nations used religious doctrine to justify the enslavement of Africans. Although the bodies of the slaves were …

SLAVERY AND THE CONSTITUTIONLong before the constitutional convention of 1787 the question of slavery had become the prime concern of many Americans. In the first and second …

Abolition of Slavery United States 1863-1865 Synopsis By early 1861, just before the beginning of the American Civil War (sometimes also called the War Between the States and the War for …

Branding Slaves Among the most potent weapons in the rhetorical arsenal of abolitionism was the charge that slaves were physically mutilated by branding, "like sheep or cattle" (Macaulay …

His influential Pro-Slavery Argument offers theological, historical, and political evidence in a point-by-point refutation of the anti-slavery arguments of his day. Source for information on Text of …