Stop Slavery In The 1800s

When America won its independence from Britain, its people created a nation and built it up into a strong, independent place for many people to live in peace over time. However, at the beginning of the nation, not everyone that lived there was safe or free to live in peace. African Americans were often brought to America as slaves to work for people rich enough to buy them. They were treated terribly and considered to be property. As time went along, more white people were starting to decide that slavery was a terrible institution and needed to stop in America. There were multiple ideas on how to stop slavery and continuing through the 1800s the debates over slavery changed and became more widespread. Congress was a big factor in altering the debates and nature of slavery in the 1800s. In 1808, Congress banned the importation of slaves into America. This restricted the growth of slavery, making it a lot harder for slave owners to get large amounts of slaves from Africa. The Missouri Compromise was also passed by Congress in 1820 after much discussion over what to do to allow Missouri in as a state. The Missouri Compromise also controlled where slavery was considered legal in America.
Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner are three well known slaves that helped plan and carry out revolts. Nat Turner led the most significant revolt, killing around 50 white people before he was stopped by the militia. Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vesey both tried to organize a revolt but were discovered before they could actually go through with their plan. Even though not all revolts were successful in immediately fighting against white slave owners, they were successful in stirring up more debate over slavery and what to do about it. The revolts also changed the way slave owners treated their slaves. Many of them altered their treatments, whether nicer or worse, to try to ensure that their slaves wouldn’t