Slavery

History of Slavery including An evil of civilization, Slaves in Babylon, Slaves in Greece, Slaves in Rome, Slaves in the Middle Ages, Portuguese slave trade, The triangular trade, The abolitionist movement, The issue of slavery, Emancipation Proclamation.

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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that people could own other people based on skin color.

The forgotten story of three "contrabands," a pragmatic general and a shrug that made history.

This lesson explores slavery in ancient Greece. We examine the various forms slavery took in Greece, comparing Spartan serfdom to Athenian chattel slavery. Finally, we enumerate the duties and rights of Athenian slaves.

Elizabeth Keckley lived a remarkable life. She was born a slave; however, through her talent and persistence, she was able to buy her freedom and eventually became the seamstress and confidant of Mary Lincoln when she was First Lady.

The fishermen and coastal dwellers of 17th-century Britain lived in terror of being kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in North Africa. Hundreds of thousands across Europe met wretched deaths on the Barbary Coast in this way. Professor Robert Davis investigates.

African American life in the United States has been framed by migrations, forced and free. A forced migration from Africa - the transatlantic slave trade - carried black people to the Americas. A second forced migration - the internal slave trade - transported them from the Atlantic coast to the interior of the American South.

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The history of slavery spans nearly every culture, nationality and religion and from ancient times to the present day. However the social, economic, and legal position of slaves was vastly different in different systems of slavery in different times and places.

This page contains a detailed timeline of the main historical, literary, and cultural events connected with British slavery, abolition, and emancipation between 1400 and 1500. It also includes references to the most significant events taking place outside of the British zone of influence (in the fifteenth century that was most of the world) as well as some key events in the history of European exploration and colonisation.

Slavery began with civilization. For hunter-gatherers slaves would have been an unaffordable luxury - there wouldn't have been enough food to go round. With the growth of cultivation, those defeated in warfare could be taken as slaves.