Slavery- 1619-1865

The first slave were brought over to Virginia in 1619, the start of nearly 300 years of prejudice. The white man discovered continents and stole from them their most valuable resource, people. Why?  Well they were different weren't they?? mere cattle in the grand scheme of things, and that's how they were to be treated, like caged beast. It was an inherent part of society until the end of the american revolution where slavery very nearly died out, nearly. Slavery once again peeked in the south after the invention of the cotton gin which created profit from the cotton trade via the use of slavery, it's death would have saved many lives however it was not to be, soon slavery would quickly become far too "embarrassing" to the union and after years of tension 11 states would secede to become the confederate states of America, a great civil war would spark causing 4 years of conflict. Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the passing of the 13th amendment, however the legacy is still not at an end, racism to some lives on all over the world and is still a major issue, all because of a shear act of folly by ancestors that should have known better.