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Bell Ringer – 11/26/07

Bell Ringer – 11/26/07. Welcome Back! Why was slavery in Latin America more humane than slavery in the Old South? Check pages 207-208 for help. Free Black People in Antebellum America. (Ch. 7, Sn. 1& 2) Free Afr-Amrs in the 1820s: 99,000 in the North 114,000 in the upper South

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Bell Ringer – 11/26/07

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  1. Bell Ringer – 11/26/07 Welcome Back! Why was slavery in Latin America more humane than slavery in the Old South? Check pages 207-208 for help

  2. Free Black People in Antebellum America • (Ch. 7, Sn. 1& 2) Free Afr-Amrs in the 1820s: • 99,000 in the North • 114,000 in the upper South • Only 20,000 in the deep South • Free people of color were 3% of the population

  3. Fugitive Slave Law African-Americans who had escaped to freedom in the North feared that, under the Fugitive Slave Law, they could be seized and returned to their masters in the South

  4. Bell Ringer 11/27/07 • What was the Fugitive Slave Law? • How did this law create fear for all free African-Americans living in the North? • What jobs do you think would have been suitable for escaped slaves?

  5. Old Northwest States • Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, & Wisconsin • The white leaders in these states feared black competition for jobs and tried to discriminate against black residents • Ohio’s black laws required entering Afr-Ams to pay $500 and to bring legal evidence of freedom • The Northwest states all had laws but rarely enforced them unless they felt threatened

  6. Disfranchisement • Suffrage or franchise – the right to vote • Disfranchisement – to deprive of the right to vote • Northeastern states used property requirements to keep both poor whites and poor black from voting • Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, & Massachusetts allowed black men to vote but had very small black populations • Most northern states had voting restrictions

  7. Segregation

  8. Segregation • African-Americans were sometimes banned from northern hotels and art exhibits • In churches and theaters, they sat in segregated sections • The term Jim Crow was first heard in Massachusetts in 1841

  9. Homework • Read Ch 7, Sn 2 (pages 221-226) • Answer all questions and define key terms on page 221

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