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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is an autobioghraphy about the life and hardships of a former slave. It became a best seller and was translated into many languages. The book begins with a petition adressed to parliment and ended with an antislavery letter adressed to the Queen. The book was read by thousands of people and helped with the abolotionists fight against slavery. -
Congress ablosishes the slave trade
After the war, as slave labor was not a crucial element of the Northern economy, most Northern states passed legislation to abolish slavery. However, in the South, the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made cotton a major industry and sharply increased the need for slave labor. Tension arose between the North and the South as the slave or free status of new states was debated. Children of slaves automatically became slave themselves. -
The Abolotian of the Slave Trade Act
Starting in 1789 William Wilberforce sought to ban the slave trasde, he was opposed by people who made fortunes from the slave trade. -
The Abolition of Slavery bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons
William Wilberforce was devoted to abolishing slavery within the British Colonies and wrote many bills and petitions towards it. Parliment refused to ban slavery until parliamentary reform banned most of the supporters. William wrote one last petition and the debate lasted three months. On this day, July 26, 1833, the bill passed its third reading, meaning a majority of the house voted for the bill so it was passed. -
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Montgomery bus boycott
The montgomery bus boycott is regarded as the first large scale demonstratuon against slavery. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks’ court hearing and lasted 381 days. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system. -
March on Selma
the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters (under the protection of federalized National Guard troops) finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery
