![]() ![]() Slaves would be severely punished for gathering with one another unless supervised by whites. Northern states gradually abolish slavery later, but the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 required states to return slaves to their owners. As the economy of the southern United States became increasingly dependent on slavery in the late 1700s and early 1800s, slave-owners tightened their grip. History has recorded some successful uprisings, but most attempts to escape bondage failed. And they never lost their desire to be free human beings. Although they were torn from their communities and forced to work in Caribbean and American homes and farms, enslaved Africans held on to the traditions of African civilization, culture and religion. Slave traders in the 1700s and early 1800s sought out the most skilled, intelligent and healthy people they could find in West and Central Africa.
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