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Slavery in the U.S. Review

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)

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Slavery in the U.S. Review

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  1. Slavery in the U.S. Review Mr. Coronado

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. 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?

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Primary Documents

  8. Doc’s Continued • Slave Records • Identify descendants • Ages, children, adults, names Pictures -clothing, attire Death Certificates, Census records (Figure out ages of pep)

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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)

  12. Justifications for Slavery by slave owners • Civilized slaves from Africa • Slave Owner argued (Slave would have a better life in U.S.)

  13. 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

  14. Racial Classifications Slave Records -African, creole Spaniards -Africans, mestizos, Europeans considered to be (Most Pure) Mestizo Mulatto (Spanish & Afr) Lobo (Afri & Native)

  15. Morisca (Mulattoes & Spanish parents)

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