Slavery in the 1800s
In the 1800s, slavery carried on over from the 1700s and in some parts of the world became an even larger issue that affected the slaves all over the world. More men, women and children were taken from their homes and forced into slave labour. Children suffered from malnutrition and suffered from terrible diseases contracted while working for their masters. Although the 1800s were very much like the 1700s, very important disputes and fights were carried out across the world. In 1800, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman were able to escape their terrible life of enslavement and were able to help other slaves trapped in a world of forced labour and grant them freedom once again due to the Underground Railroads that helped him, his partner Anna Murray Douglas and many other fugitives sneak away from the horrible plantations and factories. On the 1st of January 1863, Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation which changed 3 million slaves lives forever. This proclamation reformed the whole world and its views on black slavery and allowed 3 million slaves to go back to there normal lives before slavery was an overtaking issue in the world. This transformed states and made slaves free from 10 states in the world. In 1865, another very important part of slave history unfolded. The congress approved the 13th Amendment and this also shaped the United States of America as we know it. This 13th Amendment terminated slavery for the United States of America and freed millions more slaves from working for their masters. Slaves in other states that had not yet been freed from a life of slavery attempted to escape and started to rebel. The rebellion of slaves grew largely in the 1800s and trends started spread across the world. Although there were hundreds of rebellions and attempts to escape there was one that stood out throughout history, the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was an uprising of ordinary slaves that fought for their freedom in Saint Domingue otherwise known as Haiti. This fight went on for 12 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days and around 24,000 whites and 100,000 blacks were killed during the riots. The Haitian Revolution was the greatest slave uprising since Spartacus. This was the only revolt that resulted in freedom for thousands of slaves in many states. This was a defining moment in the slave trade history and gave millions of slaves there life back. The Haitian Revolution resulted in a massacre of the white people and the French colonial government was dismissed. Slavery in the 1800s was tough and many slaves gained freedom and lost their lives in several riots across the world. Slavery had gone on for thousands of years and slaves finally obtained their rights and liberation.