A few questions about slavery in North America?

1. Around what century did slavery begin in North America?

2. When did slavery end? Particularly in the south, in Louisiana (New Orleans).

3. What was the approximate number of slaves in a plantation in the south (LA, New Orleans)?



%26lt;I'm not talking about modern slavery, I'm talking about when slavery was legal%26gt;



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-The TurtleA few questions about slavery in North America?
Slavery began in the early 1600s with native americans and eventually african americans. Slavery was suppose to end with the Emancipation Proclamation, but since Louisiana seceded they didn't follow it. So officially slavery was ended at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865 with the 13th Amendment. There was over 40,000 slaves in the New Orleans area.
Slavery started when colonists came to america they enslaved the natives. And FYI the north had slavery to not just the good old SouthA few questions about slavery in North America?
Aren't those PC loaded questions with expected pre-programmed answers a beauty?

Here are the accurate answers

1. Slavery in North America had began with the advance of civilization at least since 500 BC. Maya had slaves.

2. Slavery had ended in mid 19th century after the Civil War in United States (20 years before it ended in Brazil and 100 years before it was outlawed in Saudi Arabia, btw)

3. Answer heavily depends on the time period. Today there are absolutely no slaves on the plantations of the South. This is what Wikipedia says about 1860: "By 1860, 500,000 slaves had grown to 4 million."
1. 1619: http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/wahl.鈥?/a>

2. With the adoption of the Thirteenth amendment.

see also Juneteenth: http://juneteenth.com/

3. large plantations could have 200

http://www.lattaplantation.org/history/s鈥?/a>

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plant鈥?/a>

http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab9.鈥?/a>

http://www.genealogytrails.com/lou/plant鈥?/a>
1. Late 1500s (16th cent)



2. In theory in 1862, when it was abolished by law after the American Civil War.



3. Doubtless estates varied in size and number of slaves.