How many centuries did ***** slavery in the New World lasted?

Answer 1

*raises eyebrows* Does anyone here read their history books at all?

"Twenty blacks are recorded as being brought by a Dutch man of war and sold to the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as indentured servants." (wikipedia)

However, slavery of blacks was not widespread for a long time in Colonial America. For the most part, Native Americans were used as slaves. It wasn't until the 19th century that slavery of African Americans became the most widespread.

"The United States slave population was the only slave population in history that increased through birth rather than importation [throughout the first half of the 19th century]. " (wikipedia)

"Throughout the first half of the 19th century, a movement to end slavery, called abolitionism, grew in strength throughout the United States. This reform took place amidst strong support of slavery among white Southerners, who began to refer to it as the "peculiar institution" in a defensive attempt to differentiate it from other examples of forced labor. " (wikipedia)

"The divisions became fully exposed with the 1860 presidential election. The electorate split four ways. One party (the Southern Democrats) endorsed slavery. One (the Republicans) denounced it. One (the Northern Democrats) said democracy required the people themselves to decide on slavery locally. The fourth (Constitutional Union party) said the survival of the Union was at stake and everything else should be compromised. Lincoln, the Republican, won with a plurality of popular votes and a majority of electoral votes. Lincoln however, did not appear on the ballots of ten southern states: thus his election necessarily split the nation along sectional lines. Many slave owners in the South feared that the real intent of the Republicans was the abolition of slavery in states where it already existed, and that the sudden emancipation of 4 million slaves would be problematic for the slaver owners and for the economy that drew its greatest profits from the labor of people who were not paid. They also argued that banning slavery in new states would upset what they saw as a delicate balance of free states and slave states. They feared that ending this balance could lead to the domination of the industrial North with its preference for high tariffs on imported goods. The combination of these factors led the South to secede from the Union and thus began the American Civil War. " (wikipedia)

The Civil War began in 1861. The Emancipation Proclamation was a powerful move in 1863. Most Southern border states abolished slavery in 1865. The last holdout of slavery was in Texas, and when word reached them of the collapse of the Confederacy, all were freed. That day was June 19, 1865.

Technically, slavery of blacks in America was from 1619 to 1865. That's 246 years.

Answer 2

about 4 centuries, from the 1400 s to the 1800 s.

Answer 3

Some would say one form or another of it still exists, but not in the "traditional" sense of the Old South Plantations.

Answer 4

Four centuries would be a close guess.

Answer 5

you should not call yourself that, i bet you are very important. and it lasted about 12 years.