 Laws
Many laws
were passed regulating slavery both nationally and
in each individual states. Most restricted the
movement of slaves with penalties for helping
escaping slaves. |
African American History
General History |
Civil War & Slavery | Civil Rights | Sites
Arranged ... "Is an archive about the racial
segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the
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The Avalon Project: Fugitive
Slave Law 1850
Text of the
Fugitive Slave Law |
Fugitive Slave Laws
Informational site |
Laws Pertaining to Slavery
George M. Stroud
wrote in A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery,
"Slaves … had no head in the state, no name, title
or register: nor could they take by .. |
New York Slave Law Summary
and Record
As in other
slave-holding states many of New York's earliest
slave laws were motivated by the fear of a black
rebellion against slavery, an apprehension ... |
Slave Laws Relating to
Speech and Assembly
Slave Laws
Relating to Speech and Assembly ... Any person who
shall attempt to teach any free person of color,
or slave, to spell, read or write, shall, ... |
Slaves and the Courts,
1740-1860
Although this
written collection of the laws related to slavery
in the District was not formally published until
1862 (see the special presentation entitled ... |
Statutes of the United
States Concerning Slavery : Chronological
The Avalon Project
at Yale Law School Zion National Park Statutes of
the United States Concerning Slavery :
Chronological ... |
Virginia Slave Laws, 1660s.
Virginia Slave
Laws, 1660s. VIRGINIA SLAVE LAWS. December 1662.
Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children
got by any Englishman upon a Negro woman ... |
Virginia Law on Servants and
Slaves
That every negro
or other slave which shall after this present
session of Assembly commit or perpetrate any
cappitall offence which the law of England ... |
Virtual Jamestown-Slave Laws
m) Laws on
Religion -- Seventeenth Century · n) Laws on
Religion: No. 2 -- Seventeenth Century · o) The
Practise of Slavery in the Council and Courts .. |
 Abolitionists
Many individuals and organizations wrote,
demonstrated and pressured the government to end
the institution of slavery |
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Frederick Douglas |
Abolitionists
In the 1830's
abolitionists began to speak out in public. ...
Douglass wrote and told of his life as a slave and
gave lectures to groups of abolitionists.
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The Abolitionist
This site offers
contemporary and historic information concerning
Black America and the Abolitionist. |
Abolitionism
Informational site |
Abolitionists-InfoPlease
abolitionists, in
U.S. history, particularly in the three decades
before the Civil ... The abolitionist movement was
one of high moral purpose and courage; ... |
British Abolitionists
In-depth articles
on the British men and women who worked to abolish
slavery and the slave trade in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. |
Influence of Prominent
Abolitionists
This exhibit marks
the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A
Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study
of Black History and Culture. |
The Underground Railroad-The
Abolitionists
Other important
people in American history who were Abolitionists
include Thaddeus Stevens, Alan Pinkerton, Henry
David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe, ... |
 Underground
Railroad
Many slaves made journeys north to Canada. With
the help of sympathetic white northerners they
fled from a life of submission. |
Aboard the Underground
Railroad
Historic places
along the Underground Railroad are testament of
African American ... Aboard the Underground
Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places
... |
National Geographic The
Underground Railroad
You are a
slave in Maryland in the 1800s. Can you escape?
Learn what challenges slaves faced in National
Geographic's Underground Railroad adventure. |
National Underground Freedom
Center
Offers interactive
educational programs to promote an understanding
of slavery and the resistance movements, includes
movies, donation details, |
The Underground Railroad
c.1780 - 1862
The Underground
Railroad, a vast network of people who helped
fugitive slaves ... The system grew, and around
1831 it was dubbed "The Underground Railroad," ... |
Underground Railroad
Informational Site |
Underground Railroad-Source
Study
Provides detailed
information on Resource book for sale on the
history and meaning of the Underground Railroad,
published by the National Park Service. |
Resources
Daily
Life
Maps
of the Underground Railroad