Slavery and the Underground Railroad

📋 Plan du Cours

1. L’Equal Justice Initiative
2. Origines et économie de l’esclavage
3. Fonctionnement du commerce triangulaire
4. La traversée du Middle Passage
5. Vie des personnes réduites en esclavage
6. Harriet Tubman et le réseau clandestin

📖 1. L’Equal Justice Initiative

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Equal Justice Initiative : The Equal Justice Initiative is a non-profit organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, that provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted, poor prisoners without effective representation, and others who may have been denied a fair trial.

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• The Equal Justice Initiative guarantees the defense of anyone in a death penalty case.

Compléments

• Alabama is the only state that does not provide state-funded legal assistance to death row prisoners, so the Equal Justice Initiative has committed to representing them.

📖 2. Origines et économie de l’esclavage

• White Europeans settled in North America and sought to exploit the natural resources of their new land.

• After Indigenous people died, Europeans needed a labor force to exploit natural resources without paying for the work.