THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Slavery was restricted in the North and the South.
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Slavery was encouraged in the North.
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Slavery was abolished in the South.
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Slavery was eliminated in the North.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though the Revolution did not lead to abolition of slavery, it set off a process of both immediate and gradual emancipation in northern states. The South’s slave system suffered because of the war, which resulted in a decline in production and a loss of thousands of slaves to the British.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1774 and 1804, most of the northern states abolished slavery or started the process to abolish slavery, but the institution of slavery remained vital to the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American Revolution had profound effects on the institution of slavery. Several thousand slaves won their freedom by serving on both sides of the War of Independence. As a result of the Revolution, a surprising number of slaves were manumitted, while thousands of others freed themselves by running away.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the Emancipation Proclamation, the struggle between North and South transformed into a war to end slavery. Concurrent with the war’s end in 1865, the thirteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Slavery was declared illegal in every part of the newly restored Union.
Detailed explanation-5: -Slavery was abolished by law in the states north of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary generation and as a direct consequence of the Revolutionary appeal to universal natural rights. Meanwhile thousands of African Americans served in the armed forces that won American independence.