Slavery in the U.S. Review

Mr. Coronado

Resistance to Slavery

• Ex’s of Slave resistance– Nat Turner (preacher) who lead 70 slaves to

rebels vs slave owners.– Cinque (African) from Sierra Leon. Escaped

on slave ship and led revolt on Slave Ship. (Won Freedom & allowed to return home)

– Harriet Tubman (Escaped slavery and led underground RxR to the North)

Underground RxR

• Helped slaves who escaped from slavery

• Estimated that 100s to 1000s of people involved

• Abolitionist who were AA and white (Houses, canals, music (signals)

Slavery Expansion

• How did the Louisiana Purchase affect slavery?

• Impact of Cotton Gin on slavery?

• If a state was a part of the Cotton Belt what did this mean?

Ideas/strategies to address Slave Issue in U.S.

• Colonization

-going back to homeland (Africa) because U.S. (Slave owners) will never allow for equal society

Abolitionist

-some abolitionist supported colonization

-easier for slavery problem to go away

Continued

• Colonization– Creating in New country in West, Central

America, or Africa

• Abolishment of Slavery– AA and white abolitionist wanted

emancipation of all slaves in U.S.

Primary Documents

Doc’s Continued

• Slave Records – Identify descendants– Ages, children, adults,

names

Pictures

-clothing, attire

Death Certificates,

Census records (Figure out ages of pep)

Individuals rebelled vs. Slavery

• Harriet Jacobs– Escaped slavery & wrote

life of a slave girl– First woman to write a

slave narrative

Fredrick Douglas

-wrote autobiography of a slave

-taught himself how to read because abolitionist

-Created anti-slavery Newspaper

Historical Events during slavery

• Missouri Compromise– Kept an even balance between slave states &

free states

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

-Law ordering all citizen of U.S. to assist in return of slaves

-Slave no longer Free in North if you escaped to South

Voting Power

• Southern Plantation Owner had power in South

• Why?– Became politicians, Majority of population

couldn’t vote because they were slaves– Poor whites couldn’t vote (Discrimination)First 70 yrs of U.S.

-50 yrs were served by Slave owning Presidents (T.J., Washington, Van Buren,etc)

Justifications for Slavery by slave owners

• Civilized slaves from Africa

• Slave Owner argued (Slave would have a better life in U.S.)

Religion in Slavery

Slave Owners-Tried to justify slavery in U.S.-If Obey slave master, obey Godly master

Slaves-interpreted religion differently-God does not approve of slavery

Racial Classifications

Slave Records

-African, creole

Spaniards

-Africans, mestizos,

Europeans considered to be (Most Pure) Mestizo

Mulatto (Spanish & Afr)

Lobo (Afri & Native)

Morisca (Mulattoes & Spanish parents)