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Slavery in the U.S.

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Treatment of Slaves in the United States

Treatment of slaves was characterized by degradation, rape, brutality, and the lack of basic freedoms.

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Slave Codes

Slave codes were laws that were established in each state to define the status of slaves and the rights of their owners.

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Free Blacks in the South

Free blacks were an important demographic in the United States, though their rights were often curtailed.

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Skin Color in the South

In many Southern households, the way in which slaves were treated depended on their skin color or on their relation to white individuals in the home.

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Women and Slavery

The sexual abuse of slaves was a common occurrence in the antebellum South.

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Slave Families

Slave codes and slaveholder practices often denied slaves autonomy over their familial relationships.

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Minstrel Shows

Blackface minstrelsy, which portrayed African Americans in stereotyped, troubling ways, was the first distinctly American theatrical form.

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