If one wishes to understand the causes of the Civil War and the development that led to the Emancipation Proclamation, it is imperative to understand the role of slavery in the nineteenth-century United States. One possible way of preparing students for this episode in American history is by viewing a movie that deals with the topic of slavery both from an emotional and a legal point of view. The movie Amistad includes both aspects.  (Source:Christine Meißner)

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Slavery became a global industry for the first time in history when millions of African men and women were sold as slaves to Europeans.

315 years. 20,528 voyages.
Millions of lives.

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