"The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315..."
The movement to end the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in general, which gained traction in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Slavery: The practice of forced labor of individuals considered as property, typically inflicted on people of African descent.
Transatlantic slave trade: The transportation of enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas, which peaked in the 18th century.
Civil rights movement: The series of efforts to secure legal and social equality for African Americans during the mid-20th century.
Underground Railroad: A network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North.
Frederick Douglass: An enslaved African American who became a prominent abolitionist, writer, and orator in the 19th century.
William Lloyd Garrison: An American abolitionist and journalist who is credited with starting the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.
Harriet Tubman: An escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
John Brown: An American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act: A law passed in 1850 that required the return of runaway slaves to their owners, even if they were in free states.
Civil War: The conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, primarily over the issue of slavery and states' rights.
Emancipation Proclamation: The presidential order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free.
Reconstruction: The period after the Civil War in which the federal government attempted to rebuild and reshape the South, including the extension of civil rights to former slaves.
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: The constitutional amendments that abolished slavery and granted citizenship and voting rights to African Americans.
Jim Crow laws: State and local laws in the US that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance: The cultural movement in the 1920s and 30s that celebrated African American art, literature, and music.
Civil Rights Act of 1964: Landmark legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965: Federal law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Black Lives Matter: A global movement dedicated to combating racism and state violence against Black people.
Intersectionality: The concept that oppression and discrimination are interconnected and intersect in various social identities including but not limited to race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Reparations: The idea that those who have been wronged should receive compensation for those wrongs to mitigate the effects of that harm.
American Abolitionism: The movement in the United States to end slavery and the slave trade, beginning in the late 18th century and culminating in the Civil War and the abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment.
British Abolitionism: The movement in Great Britain to end the transatlantic slave trade, which was finally abolished through the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
Christian Abolitionism: The belief among Christians that slavery is morally wrong and that it is the responsibility of all Christians to work towards its abolition.
Constitutional Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is in contradiction to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and therefore should be abolished.
Economic Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is economically inefficient and that it should be abolished in favor of free labor.
Feminist Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is a form of oppression against women and that it should be abolished as a part of the broader struggle for women's rights.
International Abolitionism: The global effort to abolish slavery and the slave trade, including the work of the United Nations and other international organizations.
Nonviolent Abolitionism: The use of nonviolent tactics, such as boycotts and protests, to achieve the goal of ending slavery.
Philosophical Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is morally indefensible and that it should be abolished on philosophical grounds.
Political Abolitionism: The political movement for the abolition of slavery, including the formation of abolitionist political parties and the use of political power to achieve abolition.
Racial Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is a form of racism and that it should be abolished as part of the broader struggle for racial equality.
Religious Abolitionism: The belief that slavery is a religious issue and that it should be abolished as part of the broader religious struggle against sin and oppression.
Social Abolitionism: The social movement to abolish slavery, including the efforts of social reformers, intellectuals, and other activists.
Theoretical Abolitionism: The development of theories of abolition and the study of the historical and cultural factors that have led to the existence of slavery.
Underground Railroad Abolitionism: The network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape from the South to the North before and during the Civil War.
Women's Abolitionism: The role of women in the abolitionist movement, including the work of women's organizations and the contributions of individual women.
"Vermont was the first American colony to abolish slavery in 1777, followed very quickly by other American colonies."
"The first and only country to self-liberate from slavery was actually a former French colony, Haiti, as a result of the Revolution of 1791–1804."
"The British abolitionist movement began in the late 18th century, and the 1772 Somersett case established that slavery did not exist in English law."
"In 1807, the slave trade was made illegal throughout the British Empire."
"In 1808 the United States outlawed the international slave trade and importation of slaves but did not yet ban slavery outright."
"Groups organized to abolish the enslavement of the Roma in Wallachia and Moldavia between 1843 and 1855, and to emancipate the serfs in Russia in 1861."
"The United States would pass the 13th amendment in December 1865 after having just fought a bloody Civil War in order to end slavery."
"In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to outlaw slavery."
"After centuries of struggle, slavery was eventually declared illegal at the global level in 1948 under the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
"Mauritania was the last country to officially abolish slavery, with a presidential decree in 1981."
"Today, child and adult slavery and forced labor are illegal in almost all countries, as well as being against international law..."
"...but human trafficking for labor and for sexual bondage continues to affect tens of millions of adults and children."
"...as a result of the Revolution of 1791–1804."
"The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies."
"Vermont's legislation also gave African-American males the right to vote."
"...to emancipate the serfs in Russia in 1861."
"The 1772 Somersett case established that slavery did not exist in English law."
"In 1808 the United States outlawed the international slave trade..."
"After centuries of struggle, slavery was eventually declared illegal at the global level in 1948 under the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights."