The End Of Slavery After The Civil War

For well over two centuries in the United States, slavery had been the backbone of the economy and had become institutionalised within society. Subsequent to the American Revolutionary war, ending in 1804, every state north of the Mason-Dixie line had abolished slavery. This meant that Black people in the north were now free. This sparked an inherent rift between the northern and southern states culminating in the Civil War and the birth of the abolitionists. The United States slave trade continued long after the abolition act had been passed in the mother country Britain in 1807 . The process of bringing this abominable trade to an end was a long drawn out process on the part of those against it and of course the black people who were enduring