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Originally Posted by tshiggins
Question 21
When did slavery end in North America and Brazil, and what is the status of First Nation peoples in the New World?
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Strictly speaking slavery has yet to end in either the Confederacy or Brazil. Although chattel slavery was finally abolished in both countries by 1890 (having been disposed of on a state by state basis) most states did so through the use of perminent or compulsory indentures, as a result many 'former' slaves and their children remain tied to their masters. The good news (acording to advocates of the policy at least) is that the numbers of indentures are steadily declining and should have completely died out by the early 1930's. Other opinions are less favourable and immediate abolition is still aggressively championed by freedmen's groups and white progressives.
The position of native groups is similarly abigious, what has happened depends on the group. Groups that historically made early efforts to reach accommodations with settlers tend to have faired better than they did in our history either retaining meaningful autonomy like the Cherokee or undergoing (partial) integration on favourable terms, the route persued by the Iroquois. Other groups suffered treatment similar to (if not worse than) what they received in our history.
Ironically the Cherokee Autonomous district was the last confederate territory to outlaw slavery the law coming into effect on the 30th of November 1889, almost a full month after abolition in fellow holdouts Alabama and Mississippi.
Question 22
What are the up and coming social and political movements of the era? Is revolutionary socialism as important as in our history and if so how does it differ?