In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. ... The Underground Railroad is just a name of a series of secret network safe houses where Black runaway slaves could hide until they could be helped so that they could be free in Canada. ... Tubman helped lead more then 300 slaves out of bondage including her parents and four brothers." ... On August 28th 1833 Britain passed a law freeing and ending slavery in all of its thirteen colonies freeing over 300 slaves. ... This was outrageous and not fair because the Black...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

This meant that no slaves were emancipated and countries such a France, Portugal and Spain still traded slaves. ... Sharp could not allow this injustice and so took the case to court and the Lord Mayor of London ruled that Strong should be freed. Sharp won Jonathan Strong's case and so helped many other recaptured slaves to freedom. ... Despite the fact that the middle-class campaigners helped to get the slave trade banned, other social groups also did their part. ... His letters were published after his death and it was an immediate bestseller that may have changed the opinions of many r...

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Furthermore, this paper will help to understand what race is, why race began and what different authors thought about the black race. ... "# Degler's analysis of Negro discrimination continued with an explanation saying, "Thus, legal slavery in the English colonies reinforced and helped to perpetuate the discrimination against the Negro which prevailed almost from the beginning of settlement...

• Word Count: 3801
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School