Slavery in Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the...

adjustments of the pre-war Virginia Debt. List of plantations in West Virginia History of slavery in the United States by state Maxwell, Hu, History of Hampshire...

Slavery in the colonial history of the United States refers to the institution of slavery as it existed in the European colonies which eventually became...

The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...

to neighboring Virginia, slavery declined in Maryland as an institution earlier, and it had the largest free black population by 1860 of any state. The...

The history of George Washington and slavery reflects Washington's changing attitude toward the ownership of human beings. The preeminent Founding Father...

Slavery in Georgia is known to have been practiced by European colonists. During the colonial era, the practice of slavery in Georgia soon became surpassed...

institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America...

The history of slavery in Tennessee began when it was the old Southwest Territory and thus the law regulating slavery in Tennessee was broadly derived...

plantations in the colony. Slavery supported the life of the planter class in Virginia. In collaboration with Monticello, now the major public history site on...

The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War. In 1830, enslaved...

The history of slavery in Mississippi began when the region was still Mississippi Territory and continued until abolition in 1865. The U.S. state of Mississippi...

The history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe François...

Slavery was legally practiced in the Province of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina until January 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued...

William A. Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia. (2003) ISBN 0-8078-2771-1. McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom. (1988)...

The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly...

Hampton, Virginia in late August 1619. Their arrival is seen as a beginning of the history of slavery in Virginia and British colonies in North America,...

The history of slavery in Colorado began centuries before Colorado achieved statehood when Spanish colonists of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1598–1848) enslaved...

The history of slavery in Texas began slowly at first during the first few phases in Texas' history. Texas was a colonial territory, then part of Mexico...

and Harry—who were all born into slavery. She and her family were freed in December 1862, according to the will of George Washington Parke Custis, who...

new United States in 1783 as Illinois County, Virginia. The Northwest Ordinance (1787) banned slavery in Illinois and the rest of the Northwest Territory...

Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and...

in Virginia. Great Dismal Swamp maroons Black Southerners First Africans in Virginia History of slavery in Virginia Demographics of Virginia List of African-American...

Codes is considered to be the consolidation of slavery in Virginia, and served as the foundation of Virginia's slave legislation. All servants from non-Christian...

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Slavery in Britain existed before the Roman occupation and until the 11th century, when the Norman conquest of England resulted in the gradual merger of...

placing into chattel slavery all children born to enslaved women. Partus sequitur ventrem soon spread from the colony of Virginia to all of the Thirteen Colonies...

The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example...

The history of slavery in California began with the enslavement of Indigenous Californians under Spanish colonial rule. The arrival of the Spanish colonists...

most famous inmate was Anthony Burns, who had escaped slavery in Virginia, but was arrested in Boston and tried under the Fugitive Slave Law. Though many...