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Slavery

Slavery is a system that which people typically African Americans were treated as property and they were forced to labor.

 Slavery got to the U.S. in 1607. Europeans invaded the towns in Africa taking those who were fit and able to work. They brought them back to the U.S. and distributed them to those who wanted them to do the heavy war.

 In the U.S. during the 1800s the U.S. was split by the Missouri Compromise Line. Those who were under it were slave states and those who were on above were Free States. President Abraham Lincoln was against the idea of slavery and wanted to stop it. During this time of slavery slaves used different ways to communicate like singing songs. These songs had hidden messages in them that another slave could understand while the slave owners only heard a song.  Some slaves were tired of being treated badly and wanted to be free. These slaves ran away to the "promise land" where slavery wasn't allowed. In order to get there many slaves took the Underground Railroad. The Underground railroad was a secret network for helping slaves escape from the South to the North and to Canada.  One famous slave was Harriet Tubman. Harriet was born a slave in Maryland. One night she escaped and when she got to the North she went back and helped her family and friends escape along the Underground Railroad. She made 13 trips and saved more than 70 slaves. media type="custom" key="8735004" 