Slavery was practised throughout history.

Slaves were considered as legal property of other people and as such, were bought and sold.

Only black slaves worked in cotton fields.

The Republic of Vermont banned slavery in its constitution of 1777 and continued the ban when it entered the United States in 1791.

Slavery was legal in most of Canada until 1863.

Refugees from slavery fled the South across the Ohio River to the North via the Underground Hope Train.

African songs and dances were encouraged to keep the slaves happy, especially after 1831.

Colonial laws were set to protect the black slaves from their masters.

After the Civil War, many of the Freedmen remained on the same plantation

Even though slavery was never reestablishedy, Blacks had become second class citizens y 1900.