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2.  The history of slavery in the United States, which
began about 1619, Starts after the installation of the
first British settlers in Virginia and ends with the
adoption of the 14th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution after the Civil War. Slavery has drained
Africa, in the most atrocious conditions, where few
survived. During this period, slavery occupied a
central position in the social and economic
organization in the South. In total, thirteen colonies
imported about 600 000 Africans. Any slave wishing to
regain his freedom have incurred the terrible
punishments dictated by the Black Code.

3.  1619 : The first black slaves were imported into Virginia.
Millions of African slaves were transported on the
American continent.
 1790 : 20% of the total population of the United States is
of African origin.
 1783 : After the American Revolution, slavery was
abolished in the north.Slaves were used like domestic and
agricultural (tobacco plantations and cotton).
 1808 : There are 4 million slaves.
 1820 : There is a movement against slavery in the north.

4.  1807 : Internationally, the slave trade was officially banned, having killed
more than 20 million Africans. But nothing changed in the United States.
 The importation of slaves (many of them died of disease in the holds of
slave ships) took to a significant degree.
At the end of the eighteenth century, the number of slaves brought
into the South was 750 000.
 The slaves were not without reaction and they tried to rebel against their
"masters".
Alliances were made between black slaves and Indians, united in the
same hatred of the white man
 Blacks had won their freedom, but the whites did not accept the equality
between the two races, considering the obvious superiority.

6.  April 12, 1861: first shot
 May 6, 1861: Confederate Congress declared war in Alabama in the United States
 North strongest military power, material benefit. 22 million people. 2 million of
combat 186 000 black
 South: 9 million inhabitants, including 4 million slaves. they suffered a lack of
food, clothing, medicines, heavy artillery ... 900 000 white men but better
soldiers (Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston)
 February 3, 1865: Lincoln is trying to end the war through negotiations but fails
 March 4, 1865: Lincoln made ​his inaugural speech and said ""
 April 9, 1865: Official end of the war
 April 14, 1865: assassination of Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth 5 days after the
signing of the peace

7.  Death toll: 620,000 dead and many injured
354,000 in the north and 258 000 in the south. 1
million deaths among the total deaths in combat
and death after fight
 Economic Report: rubble, railway lines torn
crops destroyed, cattle slaughtered.
 Politics Report : The war has increased the
authority of government. The U.S. Congress has
dictated laws against which the South was
strongly opposed

9.  Abraham Lincoln stated the emancipation of the slaves of the south which was to
take effect January 1, 1863. The proclamation did not release any slave border
states (Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia).
 Four million slaves freed in July 1865.
 The thirteenth amendment eradicated slavery December 18, 1865.
 The 14 amendment (or amendments to the reconstitution)
 “Any State may enact or enforce a law limiting the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States, no State may deprive anyone of life, liberty or
property without due process of law, or deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws ”
 This amendment requires the Federated States respect Fundamental Rights has
parked in the first 10 amendments of the constitution of 17870.
 It is applied (with the 15th amendment) after the Second World War.

10.  Thanks to the war, the slaves have been freed
and laws were created in their favor.

11.  http://www.bladi.net/forum/37786-lesclavage-etats-unis/
 http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/fr/Slavery_in_the_United_States
 http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/ig/History-of-
Black-Civil-Rights/Slavery-in-the-United-States.htm
 http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/emancipation.htm
 http://Medarus.org
 http://pedagogie2.ac-
reunion.fr/cyberprofLV/index_fichiers/anglais_wbq_ressources.htm