Slavery During The 1800’s

1. Slavery During The 1800’s Gracie Perez Ms. Marshall {GATE} Walter W. Stiern 2009-2010 CA Standard: HSS 8.7.2

2. How, When, & Where It All Began • Slavery was first introduced in a little town called Jamestown • Slavery began during the 1600’s & flourished in the South • Since the South had large plantations, they needed large numbers of laborers • Few people in the North owned slaves due to the economic activity being centered on small farms & industries

3. Slave Jobs • Slaves workedIn plantations that grew cotton, tobacco, and other crops • Slave children often began working part-time in the tobacco fields around age 7 • Children’s jobs varied greatly from plantation to plantation • The rest of their day spent runningerrands, doing odd jobs, watching the younger kids,or playing

4. Punishments • Slaves got beatings to learn their lessons when they did something wrong • some didn’t learn their lessons so they got beat enough times that scars were visible on their backs • Slaves were branded, whipped, and chained as punishment • They’re bad behavior could range from running away to speaking out against slave owners

5. Religious Beliefs For Slaves • Slaves were very religious because they felt they could relate to the stories inthe Bible • Slave owners encouraged slaves in their religious beliefs because they believed it would make the slaves more docile, less prone to run away, and more cooperative and efficient Workers • The slaves’ religion helped them endure the cruel treatment in that it made them feel they were free inside • Although some slave owners hired preachers and assigned a building for Sunday mass, the slaves said they didn’t get any actual preaching until they went back to their own quarters

6. Abolitionists!!! • Many Americans turned against slavery in 1775-1783, during the Revolutionary War! • Believed slavery had no place in a nation formed to protect human rights • slavery opposition developed more rapidly in the North, although some southerners spoke out against slavery • Leaders such as George Washington & Thomas Jefferson spoke out against slavery as well

7. Abolitionists • Abolition movement-activity that took place in the 1800’s to end slavery • Abolition activity mostly occurred in the US And Britain, but anti-slaverymovementsoperated in other countries as well • Women played a major rolein the abolitionist movement • Lucretia Mott and Sarah & AngelinaGrimke organized groups and made speeches

8. Abolitionists!!! • Free Blacks Also Joined The Abolitionists • These included James Forten & Robert Purvis,wealthy Philadelphia merchants.; Frederick Douglass, a former fugitive slave from Maryland; And Sojourner Truth, a freed slave from New York • Abolitionists remained more interested in theircause than in political offices, even after they entered politics

9. Emancipation For Slaves!!! • PresidentAbrahamLincoln Declared SlavesFree In Many Parts Of The South By Issuing TheEmancipation ProclamationOn January 1, 1863 • The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery In The Country In 1865 • Large Numbers Of Abolitionists Then Joined The Fight To Win Social And PoliticalEquality For Blacks • Parliament Passed A Bill Outlawing The Slave Trade In 1807 And Another Was Passed In 1833 To Abolish Slavery Throughout The British Empire

10. Bibliography • Blassingame W. John The Slave Community: Life In The Anti-Bellum South United States of America Oxford University Press 1972 • African American Life In Slavery In The United States. African Americans In Slavery. Fall of 1999. Monmouth University's HS 103 U.S. History Before 1877 . Janary11, 2010 http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~afam/slavery1.html • Reg Grant Slavery: Real People And Their Stories Of Enslavement New York, New York DK Publishing 2009