Slavery in the 19th century

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

'The abolition of slavery'

4.5

06/03/2023

VWO TTO

Lesson Objectives

After the lesson you know..

• .. in what conditions enslaved people had to live and work.
  
• ..how and why slavery and the slave trade were abolished.

'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity'; that was the slogan of the French Revolution. Most revolutionaries thought of "inequality" as the privileges of nobles and clergy. These revolutionaries mainly wanted to eliminate inequality between the estates, but there were also revolutionaries who pointed to other forms of inequality. Like the inequality between the free and the enslaved, or between men and women.

Slavery in the USA

Life on the plantations;

• Hard work
• Not free
• Property
  

Survival or Suicide or Rebellion

French revolution;

1791-1804 Haiti Revolution

Haïti Revolution(1791-1804)

Haïti Revolution (1791-1804)

Slavery in Suriname/Antillen

Known for its harsh approach to enslaved people.

70% enslaved

Maroons; escaped slaves

Curacao; Tula revolt (1795)

Slavery Dutch East Indies

Slavery.. normal?

Many enslaved Africans to Indonesia

500.000 in 200 years!

Abolition

French revolution

Abolitionism; fight for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade

• Abolition of slave trade

1. Human trafficking
2. Children of slaves

Abolition

Freeing slaves?

Abolition;

1833 -> England

1848 -> France

1863 -> Netherlands

Ketikoti = July 1

America -> 1861?

American Civil War (1861-1865)

Abraham Lincoln

Abolition

Emancipation;

'Vrijlating van slaven'

Toekenning van gelijke rechten.

Contractarbeiders uit India gaan werken op plantages. 

www.rijksoverheid.nl

Questions;

• What is 'present day' slavery?
• Slavery is forbidden by law. So why are there more slaves now then 200 years back?

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Homework

Read 4.5

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