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The Importance Of Slavery In America

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South Carolina was one of other numerous states in the United States of America that supported slavery. Many citizens that lived in southern states during this time were in support of slavery because the southern economy was based on it during this time. Slaves traveled to America from West Africa through the Middle Passage. In addition, if they survived the travel through the Middle Passage they were placed in an auction in a few days after they were cleaned and fed. The West Africans were brought to America because of their knowledge on how to produce and cultivate rice (“African Slaves on South Carolina Plantations”). On the southern plantations the slaves did most of the labor on the plantations. Even though they did most of the work they were often treated harshly by their master. Slavery lasted for over hundreds of years until Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. Although he passed the Emancipation Proclamation the slaves were not freed until years later after Reconstruction. In the South Carolina many people owned plantations and slaves. The slaves had strict rules to follow and often were treated harshly. In an attempt the make the African American lives better Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation in order to set all the slaves free and give them equality, although for many this did not happen until years later.
All throughout slavery, slaves were abused by their masters. Once slaves were taken to the

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