How Slavery Ended In America Part 1

We are doing a 6 episode series on the progression of the Underground Railroad from 1800 to the 1860s. And hopefully by the end of it, you’ll understand a little more of how slavery came to an end.

Dive Deeper in History:
1759 – Anthony Benezet writes Observations: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2019amimp10533/?st=pdf&pdfPage=6#
1787 – Northwest Territory bans slavery through the Northwest Ordinance
1793 – First Fugitive Slave Law
April 15, 1800 - Slave Trade Act of 1800
An act to prohibit the carrying on of the slave trade from the United States, to any foreign place or country.
1807 – Great Britain bans the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act
1808 – United States bans the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act

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Navigation
0:00 Intro
0:24 Anti-slavery to Abolitionism
1:06 Anthony Benezet
2:01 Growing Anti-Slavery
3:43 1776
4:34 Ending the Slave Trade
4:4 Closing

Music
Shoutout to the musical talent in this video.

Sriracha! - Chris Howland: https://youtu.be/L7pmWmeFuBc

Photos
Library of Congress
Public Domain

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