Slavery in America began in the early 17th century and continued for the next 250 years, in the late 18th century; the abolitionist movement began in the north, this was the biggest method America used to oppose slavery. America wasn’t always the land of the free, well for the thousands of slaves that were working there it weren’t. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Although a lot of people were for slavery, a lot of them were also against slavery, which is why the abolition movement started. The main reason the abolition movement started was to destroy slavery and get rid of racial discrimination and segregation. Now this movement didn’t just
