Slavery in America - Newsela Collection

N Newsela - Slavery in the New England colonies

Although slavery ended earlier in the North than in the South (which would keep its slave culture alive and thriving through the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War), colonial New England played an undeniable role in the long and grim history of American slavery.

N Newsela - Southern Plantation Owners Used "King Cotton" to Justify Slavery

The founders of the United States believed slavery would eventually fade away. But when the cotton gin was invented, Southern plantation owners grew more reliant than ever on slavery.

N Newsela - Analysis: Schools fail to tell full story of America's history of slavery

Report argues that the United States "needs an intervention in the ways that we teach and learn about the history of American slavery."

N Newsela - American Slavery: Separating Fact from Myth

There are many misconceptions about slavery in America. One is that slavery lasted for 400 years. It did not. It lasted 246 years.

N Newsela - Time Machine (1846): A slave auction in New Orleans

1846