Slavery in the American South

Slavery is a kind of forced labor where one person is the property of another. During the Atlantic slave trade, roughly two million slaves were brought from Africa and the West Indies to South America. South America occupies over 20% of African Americans. Until 1900, nine out of ten African Americans lived in the South. Slavery supports the economic structure of producers nobility. In 1850, with only 1,773 families with more than 100 slaves, this group demonstrated political and social leadership in this department and that country.

In the early nineteenth century, slavery in the south of the United States became more powerful. As the cotton planting area increased, the population moved south and southwest, and the population of slaves increased. Southern laws such as slaves can not testify against Caucasians have given white power to slaves. These laws support the attitude of white slave owners against slavery and strive to maintain this lifestyle in the south. - Two books by Harriet Stow and Frederick Douglas caused a civil war and led to abolition of slavery. As their author, their books "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Frederick Douglas' Life Narrative" triggers the termination of slavery in the United States. Frederick Douglas was born in February 1818 in the Talbot Country of Maryland that was then a slave. His book is to explain the difficult life that Douglas experienced as a child.

After independence, all the countries of South America maintained slavery for a while. The first slavery abolition countries in South America were Chile in 1823, Uruguay in 1830, Colombia and Ecuador in 1851, Argentina in 1853, Paraguay in 1854, Paraguay in 1869, Brazil in 1888 the last south It was America. The last country which abolished slavery and the Western countries. The European Peninsular War (1807-1814) at Napoleonic war theaters changed political situation in Spain and Portugal colonies. First, Napoleon invaded Portugal, but the Bragança family escaped to Brazil not to be arrested. Napoleon also captured King Spain's King Ferdinand VII and appointed his own brother. This appointment caused serious public resistance, which caused Juntas to rule over in the name of the captured king.

In the meantime, slavery is still the world socioeconomic system. This is especially true in South America until the Civil War, especially in the past 15 slave countries, slavery is legal. Various organizations have been established to advocate the flow of blacks from the United States to places that enjoy the freedom and equality of the black people. In 1807, the British "slave trade law" banned the trade of the British Empire internationally performed by the British Navy under the treaties negotiating with other countries. With the increase in voting rights in the UK, even if Britain did not become complete democracy in the 20th century, it became more unified in a series of reforms starting with the reform bill of 1832. In 1833, the British passed the law of abolition of slavery, which took effect in the British Empire.