America, at one point in history, was a slave owning country. Slavery in America blossomed when the first African slaves were brought through the Slave Trade to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia 1619. The Slave Trade helped build a world economy however; most European colonial economies in the Americas from the sixteenth century were dependent on enslaved African labor for survival. European officials concluded that the land they discovered in the Americas was useless without sufficient labor to exploit it, which made American slavery distinctive because it resulted in a forced migration of millions of Africans for their labor for economic gains and the ideology that whites and slave owners were a part of a hierarchical system.
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However, resistance began in the beginning of the slave trade. Resistance took place in many forms such was individual and collective. Captives resisted capture, imprisonment, attacked slave ships from the shore, engaged in revolts and had to fight for freedom. Women preferred abortion than to bring a child into slavery. Enslaved Africans tried to slow down work by pretending to be ill or break tools. Some attempted to escape, although, that was nearly impossible. Slaves that did escape to a free state and captured, would be sent back to their owner. Regardless of punishment or harsh laws, enslaved Africans still rebelled. In 1712, about twenty-five slaves armed themselves and set fire to houses in New York City, killing the first nine whites who arrived on scene. That event led to more uprisings in revolts. Slave revolts in America were different because they usually happened in a smaller scale. As revolts grew, so did the number of abolitionists. Abolitionists campaigned to bring the abolition of slave trade. Even before the Civil War, anti-slavery sentiment sparked an abolitionist movement in America. For those who campaigned against slavery unquestionably faced violence. The movement brought people together and all had one equal ambition, to end the slave trade. Eight months after the Civil War, on December 6, 1865, the United States adopted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which brought an end to
However, resistance began in the beginning of the slave trade. Resistance took place in many forms such was individual and collective. Captives resisted capture, imprisonment, attacked slave ships from the shore, engaged in revolts and had to fight for freedom. Women preferred abortion than to bring a child into slavery. Enslaved Africans tried to slow down work by pretending to be ill or break tools. Some attempted to escape, although, that was nearly impossible. Slaves that did escape to a free state and captured, would be sent back to their owner. Regardless of punishment or harsh laws, enslaved Africans still rebelled. In 1712, about twenty-five slaves armed themselves and set fire to houses in New York City, killing the first nine whites who arrived on scene. That event led to more uprisings in revolts. Slave revolts in America were different because they usually happened in a smaller scale. As revolts grew, so did the number of abolitionists. Abolitionists campaigned to bring the abolition of slave trade. Even before the Civil War, anti-slavery sentiment sparked an abolitionist movement in America. For those who campaigned against slavery unquestionably faced violence. The movement brought people together and all had one equal ambition, to end the slave trade. Eight months after the Civil War, on December 6, 1865, the United States adopted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which brought an end to