AP 23.608 Slavery – Before Abolition in North America

a·bol·ish (verb)
formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
example – “the tax was abolished in 1977”

ab·o·li·tion – the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.



In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the nation.


No More Auction Block
John Legend Performs the slave spiritual, No More Auction Block.


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