History of North America

When did slavery start in US when of the black US?

Slavery in the United States

- Slavery in the United States began in the early 1600s, when the first African slaves were brought to the colonies.

- By the time of the American Revolution, there were over half a million slaves in the country.

- Slavery was legal in the Southern states until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

- The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery.

History of African Americans in the United States

- The first Africans arrived in the New World in the early 1500s.

- They were brought to the Americas as slaves to work on plantations and farms.

- Following the Civil War, African Americans became free citizens and gained civil rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution.

- However, they continued to face discrimination and segregation.

- The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s fought for an end to segregation and racial discrimination.