... the United States, and nine out of ten were slaves-by 1860, three years before emancipation, there were four million slaves. This was true even though Congress passed a law in 1808 that did not permit bringing any more slaves into the country. This did not prevent the slave owners from "breeding" slaves. The tensions between the north and south made the situation worse for Black slaves. White slaveholders began to treat blacks in a manner that could only be described as barbarous. As a result, a number of strong revolts began to take place. Most of these were given strength based on the legend of a man named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who successfully led the slaves of St. Domingue to freedom in the 1790s. American slaves knew of his efforts. In Charleston in 1822, Denmark Vesey attempted another revolt, but unfortunately, Vesey was betrayed by informants (Davis 126). In the north, ...

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