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The 13th amendment, adopted on December 18, 1865 officially abolished slavery, but the racist mindset of the south was still present. The new amendments relating the African Americans were ignored by the whites, African Americans were convicted of "crimes" they didn't commit just so that the whites can put them back in slavery.

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On the first of January, 1863, the new president, Abraham Lincoln held a speech making the emancipation proclamation official, freeing slaves in the confederate states.

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Abraham Lincoln's election into presidency was when seven southern states seceded in hope to form a new country. Four more states followed once the war started. Known as the bloodiest war in history.

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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry - 1859

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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry - 1859

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The abolitionist John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal with 22 men, resulting in 10 deaths and Brown's hanging. Brown was viewed as a martyred hero by northern abolitionist.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Compromise opened all new territories to slavery by letting the people fight it out, using popular sovereignty. This is where "Bleeding Kansas" comes from.

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The Missouri Compromise in 1820 was a compromise that ended with Missouri being admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; this was designed to maintain an even balance between free and slave states.

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The 1830s in the North was a time that strengthened the abolitionist movement, led by Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the movement helped tens of thousands enslaved people reach freedom.

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Slave rebellions did occur and one that terrifies enslavers led by Nat Turner killed 55 white people in 2 days in 1831.

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A strict hierarchy among the enslaved people (privileged house workers, skilled artisans, lowly field hands) helped keep them divided and less likely to organize against their masters.

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The invention of the Cotton Gin saved America's dying economy in the late 18th century, but it also increased the demand for enslaved labor greatly.

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The access to cheaper and more plentiful labor in 1619 was the main attraction to slavery in North America.