Slaveryinamerica is a website archive of the history of slavery in America. It is jointly funded by
PBS
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and
New York Life
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.
Slavery was being practiced throughout America in the 17th and 18th century, and the slaves built the foundation of the new nation.
[Slavery in America (2016). History.com. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery]
References
External links
Slaveryinamerica.org
Pre-emancipation African-American history
History websites of the United States
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