In the 1800's there were radical changes to the slave trade and North American slave holdings. ... The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. ... Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass, (1818-1895), was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. ... Pennsylvania Hall was the site in 1838 of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. ... Douglass, an eloquent ex-slave from Maryland, was the leading African American spokesperson of the time. ...

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Many African Americans feel strongly that the invention of the cotton gin prolonged the abuses of slavery. ... By 1800 or so, however, African American slavery was once again a thriving institution, especially in the Southern United States. ... African American slaves supplied this labor. ... Whitney's cotton gin, and its ripple effect was having a major impact on the events in the American South. ...

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