Life after Slavery in America (American Slave Series)

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Life after Slavery in America

American Slaves and their thoughts on Freedom

Recollections of American ex-slaves and their memories of freedom and life after slavery

True Stories of American Slavery

Legal slavery persisted; and those slaves already in the U. S. were legally emancipated only in 1863. Many American abolitionists took an active role in opposing slavery by supporting the Underground Railroad. Violence soon erupted, with the anti-slavery forces led by John Brown, and Bleeding Kansas, involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers, became a symbol for the nationwide clash over slavery. By 1860 the total number of slaves reached almost four million, and the American Civil War, beginning in 1861, led to the end of slavery in the United States.

“Right after the War, my mother stayed around the house and continued to work for her master. I don’t know what they paid her. I can’t remember just how they got free but I think the soldiers gave ’em the notification. They stayed on the place till I was big enough to work. I didn’t do no work in slave time because I wasn’t old enough.”
J. N. Gillespie, Ex-Slave, 1112 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
Age: 75 at time of interview

Language: English

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Life after Slavery in America (American Slave Series)

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