6.2 Abolitionism

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Abolitionism

paragraph 6.2

Write down the sentence from your summary you deem most important to understand slavery in America.

Write down the sentence from your summary you deem most important to understand slavery in the Dutch colonies (Suriname and the Antilles)

Give a definition of the word marrons.

Learning objectives 6.2

• You can give various reasons why abolitionists wanted to get rid of slavery and the slave trade.
• You can describe when and how slavery was abolished in the British Empire and the United States.
• You can describe when and how slavery and the slave trade were abolished in the Dutch colonies

Abolitionism

= movement to abolish slavery

motives:

1. French revolution (equality and freedom!)
2. Christianity (God created everyone equally)

Abolitionism

This didn't lead to abolishment and better conditions because:

• first there was just abolishment of the trade in slaves 
• freed slaves still had terrible working conditions and were paid too little

Slavery in the US

The southern states of the US heavily depended on slavery and plantations. These states didn't want to abolish slavery.

-> Effect: Civil War between the southern and northern states. 

The North won this and emancipation started.

Keti Koti

The Netherlands was one of the last countries to abolish slavery, in 1863.

In Suriname and the Antilles, people still celebrate that with Keti Koti.

In America, they celebrate Juneteenth. 

Get to work

6.2: q1-3, 6 and 7