Categories: Public domain images | United States history images The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... Slavery was introduced to Colonial British North America in the 17th century, in imitation of labor practices used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies in South American colonies. ... The history of slavery in the United States began soon after people first settled in the area (and so even before the founding of the United States), and officially ended with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. ... The origins of the American Civil War lay in the complex issues of slavery, expansionism, sectionalism, and political party politics of the Antebellum Period. ... Origins of the American Civil War Main article: Origins of the American Civil War Slave patrollers, mostly poor whites, were given the authority to stop, search, whip, maim, and even kill any slave who violated the slave codes. ... Main article: African American African American history is the history of an ethnic group in the United States also known as black Americans. ... The William (or Willie) Lynch Speech (or Letter) is a text of spurious origin which drew widespread attention when it circulated throughout the Internet during the 1990s. ...