Lecture #12: Real Story Behind the End of Slavery

by Carrie Gibson
published on 30 September 2026

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Historian and author Carrie Gibson discusses the long and complex struggle to end slavery across the Americas. Rather than focusing on a single national event, she explores how abolition was a deeply interconnected process spanning the entire hemisphere. From the early success of the Haitian Revolution to the final abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888, the lecture covers the diverse paths to freedom taken in places like the British Caribbean, Spanish South America, and the United States. Gibson examines the persistent pressure from enslaved people themselves, the influence of black abolitionists, and the gradual legislative measures that eventually led to the legal end of human bondage throughout the region.

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