Slavery was legally practiced in the Province of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina until January 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Prior to statehood, there were 41,000 enslaved African-Americans in the Province of North Carolina in 1767. By 1860, the number of slaves in the state of North Carolina was 331,059, about one third of the total population of the state. In 1860, there were nineteen counties in North Carolina where the number of slaves was larger than the free white population. During the antebellum period the state of North Carolina passed several laws to protect the rights of slave owners while disenfranchising the rights of slaves. There was a constant fear amongst white slave owners in North Carolina of slave revolts from the time of the American Revolution. Despite their circumstances, some North Carolina slaves and freed slaves distinguished themselves as artisans, soldiers during the Revolution, religious leaders, and writers.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
^Cite error: The named reference Slavery was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference NCGENWEB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Rebel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Manumission was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Taxation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Underground was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Women was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Bassett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
and 27 Related for: History of slavery in North Carolina information
Slaveryin South Carolina was widespread and systemic even when compared to other slave states. From the Pickney cousins at the 1787 Constitutional Convention...
of the state's population. African enslaved people were brought to NorthCarolina during the slave trade. Slavery has been part ofNorthCarolina's history...
(2014). Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveriesin New France. Chapel Hill, NorthCarolina: University ofNorthCarolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0135-9...
Slaveryin Florida is more central to Florida's history than it is to almost any other state. Florida's purchase by the United States from Spain in 1819...
The historyofslaveryin Mississippi began when the region was still Mississippi Territory and continued until abolition in 1865. The U.S. state of Mississippi...
The historyofslavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...
from NorthCarolina law, and was initially comparatively "liberal." However, after statehood, as the fear of slave rebellion and the threat to slavery posed...
Slaveryin Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the...
Want Me to Talk about Slavery: Twenty-One Oral Historiesof Former NorthCarolina Slaves. Hurmence, Belinda, ed. (1997). Slavery Time When I Was Chillun...
Free African Americans in Virginia, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, 1995–2005 Peter Kolchin, American Slavery: 1619–1877, New York:...
Slaveryin the colonial historyof the United States refers to the institution ofslavery as it existed in the European colonies which eventually became...
Slaveryin Georgia is known to have been practiced by European colonists. During the colonial era, the practice ofslaveryin Georgia soon became surpassed...
The historyofslaveryin Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slaveryin the region, when French merchant Philippe François...
The historyofslaveryin California began with the enslavement of Indigenous Californians under Spanish colonial rule. The arrival of the Spanish colonists...
Slaveryin what became the U.S. state of Illinois existed for more than a century. Illinois did not become a state until 1818, but earlier regional systems...
The historyofslaveryin Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War. In 1830, enslaved...
Wilmington, NorthCarolina with similar displays in other Southern towns, where body parts of slaves or blacks were displayed in consequence of a purported...
NorthCarolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic...
Slavery had already existed in Ireland for centuries by the time the Vikings began to establish their coastal settlements, but it was under the Norse-Gael...
Open slavery existed in the region of Palestine until the 20th-century. The slave trade to Ottoman Palestine officially stopped in the 1870s, when the...
The historyofslaveryin Oklahoma began in the 1830s with the five Native American nations in the area: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole...