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HIS
TO
RY
OF S
LA
VERY
SLA
VERY
Sla
very
in A
merica
began
w
hen th
e fi
rst Africa
n sla
ves
were
bro
ugh
t to th
e n
orth
A
merica
n co
lony Ja
mesto
wn,
Virg
inia
, in 1
61
9.
INFO
RM
ATIO
N
Arriv
al o
f "20 a
nd
Od
d" B
lacks in
late
Au
gu
st o
f 1619 a
board
a D
utc
h m
an
of w
ar. T
hese b
lacks
were
sold
/trad
ed
into
serv
itud
e fo
r su
pp
lies.
Alth
ou
gh
Am
eric
an
sla
very
was n
ot a
kn
ow
n
institu
tion
at th
e tim
e, th
is g
rou
p o
f Afric
an
s
was th
e fi
rst to
go o
n re
cord
to b
e s
old
as
involu
nta
ry la
bore
rs.
Sla
very
in A
meric
a b
eg
an
wh
en
the fi
rst
Afric
an
sla
ves w
ere
bro
ug
ht to
the N
orth
A
meric
an
colo
ny o
f Jam
esto
wn
, Virg
inia
, in
1619, to
aid
in th
e p
rod
uctio
n o
f su
ch
lucra
tive
cro
ps a
s to
bacco
PU
ZZ
LE
INFO
RM
ATIO
N
In
17
93
, Th
e in
ven
tion o
f the
cotto
n g
in so
lidifi
ed th
e
centra
l imp
orta
nce
of sla
very
of th
e S
ou
th's e
conom
y .
a so
uth
ern
crop w
hose
pro
du
ction w
as lim
ited b
y
the d
ifficu
lty o
f rem
ovin
g th
e
seeds fro
m fi
bers b
y h
an
d
Eli W
hitn
ey in
vente
d th
e
cotto
n g
in to
rem
ove th
e
seeds fro
m th
e ra
w co
tton
.
INFO
RM
ATIO
N
The 1
3th A
men
dm
en
t, ad
opte
d la
te in
18
65
offi
cially
ab
olish
ed
slavery
The 1
4th a
nd 1
5th A
men
dm
en
t, Sla
ves re
ceiv
ed th
e rig
ht to
vote
They co
un
ted
the sla
ve a
s 3/5
30
millio
n sla
ve a
fter sla
very
w
as o
fficia
lly ille
gal
INFO
RM
ATIO
N
B
y 1
68
9 th
ey h
ad tra
nsp
orte
d
90
,00
0 sla
ves fro
m A
frica to
B
ritain
, North
Am
erica
an
d th
e
Carib
bean.
N
ot e
very
one h
ad
the ch
ance
to
tell a
bou
t experie
nce
to th
e
world
. One th
at d
id sa
y
som
eth
ing w
as so
meon
e
nam
ed O
lau
dah E
quia
no.
10
QU
ESTIO
NS
W
hat sig
nifi
cant e
vents
happened in
Virg
inia
in th
e
16
19
?
Who fo
unded Ja
mesto
wn,
Virg
inia
?
What w
as th
e cro
ps th
at w
as
traded fo
r slaves?
H
ow
were
slaves tre
ate
d?
W
hat h
appened to
the fi
rst A
fricans b
rought to
Jam
esto
wn
in 1
61
9?
W
hen d
id sla
very
trade b
egin
in
Jam
esto
wn, V
irgin
ia?
H
ow
long d
id it ta
ke to
stop
slavery
?
Which
Am
erica
n co
lony w
as th
e
first A
fricans b
rought to
?
CARTOON
DED
ICATIO
N
W
e d
edica
te th
is to p
eop
le o
f sla
very
and
to e
very
one w
ho
die
d a
lso to
the lo
ve o
ne th
at
are
still aliv
e w
ho h
ad to
suff
er
un
til death
.
We d
edica
te th
is magazin
e to
M
s. Wh
eele
r ou
r lovin
g U
.S
histo
ry te
ach
er a
nd
to th
e
school o
f Frederick D
oug
lass
Hig
h S
chool.
BIB
LIOG
RA
PH
Y
http
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w.n
ps.g
ov/ja
me/h
istory
cultu
re/a
frican-a
merica
ns-a
t-ja
mesto
wn
.htm
http
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w.p
bs.o
rg/w
net/sla
ve
ry/tim
elin
e/1
61
9.
htm
l
http
://libco
m.o
rg/h
istory
/16
19
-1
74
1-sla
very-sla
ve-re
bellio
n-
us
http
://ww
w.h
istory.co
m/to
pics/
bla
ck-histo
ry/
slavery
AB
OU
T M
E
M
y n
am
e is C
harle
s Jon
es, I'm
18
years
old
an
d 5
’11
. I was n
am
ed
afte
r my d
ad
n
am
e. I g
o Fre
derick D
ou
gla
ss Hig
h
Sch
ool. I w
as b
orn
in R
ichm
on
d, N
ew
Yo
rk in N
ovem
ber 1
8, 1
99
5. I b
een
liv
ing
in G
eorg
ia fo
r ab
ou
t 5 y
ears n
ow
. M
y m
om
was b
orn
from
New
York to
o
an
d m
y d
ad
was b
orn
in Te
nn
esse
e. I
can
sing
son
gs, w
rite so
ng
s an
d, a
lso
dra
w th
ose
are
my m
ost d
ed
icate
ta
len
ts I like to
do th
e m
ost.
M
y n
am
e is a
zayla
Po
ngn
on .I a
m 1
8 a
nd a
m I
junio
r an
d I g
o to
Frederick
Dou
gla
ss hig
h sch
ool . a
m
the b
aby o
f 7 kid
s .workin
g
on th
is pro
ject h
as h
elp
to
un
dersta
nd w
hat th
ese
people
really
had
to g
o
there
.
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