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The institution of human chattel slavery in the United States, which it inherited from its colonial predecessors, was prevalent from independence in 1776 until the end of the civil war in 1865. Primarily employed in the South, enslaved [[Afro-Americans]] were the backbone of the [[plantation economy]] in the US. Throughout this period, enslaved African Americans were collectively reduced to commodities which could be bought and sold for the benefit of White slave owners and had the same legal rights as farm animals. After the abolition of chattel slavery in the aftermath of the [[Statesian Civil War|American Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]], many of chattel slavery's socio-economic relationships endured through the developments of the [[Jim Crow economy]] and sharecropping. | The institution of human chattel slavery in the United States, which it inherited from its colonial predecessors, was prevalent from independence in 1776 until the end of the civil war in 1865. Primarily employed in the South, enslaved [[Afro-Americans]] were the backbone of the [[plantation economy]] in the US. Throughout this period, enslaved African Americans were collectively reduced to commodities which could be bought and sold for the benefit of White slave owners and had the same legal rights as farm animals. After the abolition of chattel slavery in the aftermath of the [[Statesian Civil War|American Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]], many of chattel slavery's socio-economic relationships endured through the developments of the [[Jim Crow economy]] and sharecropping. | ||
=== Transatlantic Slave Trade === | |||
=== Slavery in British America === | |||
=== Slavery in the American Colonies === | |||
=== Enslaved People during the American Revolution === | |||
=== The United States Constitution with the Issue of Slavery === | |||
=== Enslaved Women === | |||
=== The Underground Railroad === | |||
=== Black Americans During the Civil War === | |||
=== Reconstruction === | |||
=== Jim Crow Era === | |||
Revision as of 02:28, 16 June 2023
The institution of human chattel slavery in the United States, which it inherited from its colonial predecessors, was prevalent from independence in 1776 until the end of the civil war in 1865. Primarily employed in the South, enslaved Afro-Americans were the backbone of the plantation economy in the US. Throughout this period, enslaved African Americans were collectively reduced to commodities which could be bought and sold for the benefit of White slave owners and had the same legal rights as farm animals. After the abolition of chattel slavery in the aftermath of the American Civil War and Reconstruction, many of chattel slavery's socio-economic relationships endured through the developments of the Jim Crow economy and sharecropping.