Surf these sites: "African Slavery in America" - Paine -- "The essay was written in 1774 and publishes March 8, 1775 when it appeared in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser. Just a few weeks later on april 14, 1775 the first anti-slavery society in America was formed in Philadelphia. Paine was a member." A Positive Light - Freedom Shackled -- The slave ship, Henrietta Marie, speaks from its watery grave to give us the first true picture of the horror that men, women and children suffered in the Atlantic slave trade. Chronology On The History Of Slavery, 1619-1789 -- this page contains a timeline of slavery in America from 1619 until "the end", reportedly in 1865 when the 13th amendment to the Constitution offered universal manumission and abolished slavery. The chronology has been thoroughly researched, with references at the end of each entry, some pointing to other Web resources. Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries -- Information on slave movement and the slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries a the DPLS Archive. Slave Narratives -- Excerpts from Slave Narratives
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