Slavery was officially legalized in Georgia in 1750 by the Georgia Trustees.
Slavery was legal in the US due to the Constitution not initially addressing the issue, economic interests of Southern states dependent on slavery, and the belief in racial superiority. It took a Civil War and the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery in the US.
Massachusetts became the first colony to legalize slavery in what would later become the United States in 1641.
Abraham Lincoln saw keeping the United States intact as his most important mission. He was personally against slavery, however, he recognized that under cases decided by the US Supreme Court, the institution of slavery was legal. He also recognized that slavery did not exist as a "Southern" creation. Since before the US was a nation, slavery existed. It was clear to him that slavery could have been abolished long ago. And, that the North was just as guilty as anyone else for the institution of slavery. Lincoln, as the US President, sought to assure the Southern slave States that he had no intention to interfere with slavery where it existed. He did this in his duty to protect the Constitutional rights of all "citizens". He understood that under the Constitution, slaves were not considered "citizens".
Slavery was officially abolished in the US by means of the 13th amendment to the constitution, which was enacted in 1865. Since it is now 2013 (as I type) that was 148 years ago. No one who was a slave in 1865 is still living today.
A LONG time ago, buddy.
No, the US did not invent slavery. Slavery has existed in some form as long as people have existed. Read the story of Moses and the Israelites in the bible- they were slaves of the Egyptians thousands of years ago. And the US did not exist thousands of years ago. The first slaves in the US were brought to Jamestown VA by a Dutch ship.
Yes, it is called prison! =(
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It was Abraham Lincoln
Human - no person should ever be thought of being someones personal property. Slavery was abolished long ago in the US.
Slavery might be legal
slavery and the slave trade were still legal
Slavery and the slave traid were still legal.
Slavery and the slave trade were still legal.
if slavery was still legal today in the united states of America, i personally think the the whole nation would hate each other. the northerners would still be against slavery, and the southerners would still have plantations for slaves to work on. the nation would be in a major crisis if slavery was legal today.
Slavery was legal in all the US colonies. However, by 1804, all the States north of the Mason-Dixon Line had outlawed slavery.