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African American History

African American History

III - Short documentary :

IV - Impact in the world :

- Quakers & abolitionist movement - "End" of the slavery in 1833 - Freedom of slaves in 1838

I - Before the abolition of slavery : II - Abolition of slavery from 1833 to 1838 :

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

- XVIII century - Goal : end slavery - Spotlight slave's life condition

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Abolitionist Movement

Abolitionist Movement

- XVII century - Religious society - First activists against slavery

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Quakers

QUAKERS & THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

QUAKERS & THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

Quakers

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About this document

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- 1833 - Slavery abolition act

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- "Freedom" of slaves - Financial compensations for owners - Apprenticeship period

1833

1833

2.1

"END" OF THE SLAVERY

"END" OF THE SLAVERY

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About this document

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- Celebrates the end of slavery (1st august 1838) - Announcement of a public thanksgiving

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- End of the apprenticeship period - Full abolition of slavery

1838

1838

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FREEDOM OF SLAVES

FREEDOM OF SLAVES

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

British empire had a strong influence in the abolition of slavery worldwide

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- Pressure on other nations - Inspired the other coutries

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IMPACT IN THE WORLD

IMPACT IN THE WORLD

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

In 1661, a law passed to ban interracial marriage.

Representation of the 20 Africans at Point Comfort in Virginia

In the 1600s, 20 africans were brought to a maritime landmark in Virginia. They were sold an traded as slaves.

1600

Demonstration on August 1963

It ended by passing the civil rights act of 1964, which banned discrimination in voting and employment.

On August 1963, a massive demonstration happened. About 250 000 people attended to protest against racial segregation.

1963

Barack obama

Barack Obama was the first african american president to have been elected.

2009

photo of a school where African American students are integrated with white students

*Racial segregation : the separation of people of different "races".

The United States Supreme Court made the racial segregation* illegal in the public schools

1954

The 28 August 2013, was the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington. The president Barack Obama even had a speech to honor the demonstration in 1963.

1968

African slaves in America

They started farming tobacco, cotton and sugar. To fill the lack of workers, they used africans as slaves to work for them.

Back then in 1492, Christopher Colombus and his sailors discovered and colonized a new continent : America.

1492

The congress abolished the importation of African slaves in 1807. After that, the internal trade* in enslaved people increased. *Internal trade : trading inside the coutry.

1807

Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

The president Lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation freeing all the slaves in confederate states.

1863

Martin Luther King jr

*Baptist minister : pastor

In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr, a Baptist minister* and a social activist died shot in his Lorraine Motel room by Tenn. James Earl Ray.

1968