This document outlines the history of slavery in the United States from the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights movement. It discusses key events like the First Great Awakening, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, states abolishing slavery in the late 18th century, the Civil War and the 13th and 14th Amendments abolishing and restricting slavery, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s-60s leading to advances under Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. The document covers the geographic spread and economic role of slavery over time from the northern to southern states.