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Slaves in America
Being sold out by their own race, Africans were the soon to be, working force of America, in which began in Jamestown. John Rolfe, introduced tobacco and from there on out, tobacco was a major product of the Chesapeake colonies in which slavery, was the key to industrializing the new nation's economy. (Side note- tobacco sucks up all the nutrients in the ground, so this caused settlers to expand outward causing even more problems with the Natives) Slavery began to replace indentured servitude. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Even though this was primarily an indentured servant rebellion due to the lack of response to the Indians attacking the planters and servants, also the rebellious people were complaining about being poor, not having the right to vote and higher taxes, this caused the new nation to begin to rely on slavery. -
Manumission Act
This was probably the first act allowing slaves to become freed men. This act, however did not guarantee slaves freedom but did allow their owner to decide to whether or not give them freedom by the signing of some papers. Though the majority of slave owners would not have done this, this act was a change in American history. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
With the process of picking and removing the seeds from the cotton becoming much faster and easier, leading to more slavery expansion into the south. -
New York Emancipacion Act of 1799
This act was a gradual emancipation act that allowed slavery in New York to continue until 1828 and freed slave children only at the age of 25. Consequently, as late as 1810, almost 30,000 blacks in the northern states were still enslaved. However, later around the 1820s another law was passed that would free slaves born before 1799. By the 1830 census there were only 75 slaves in New York and the 1840 census listed no slaves in New York City. -
Gabriel's Rebellion
A planned out slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, its goals were to weaken slavery's grip on Africans and overthrow it. However, the plan leaked out just before the uprising, and authorities rounded up the participants and executed 35 of the ones caught. Even though this was unsuccessful, the settlers and farmers were struck with fear in another rebellion. (Laws/rules = strict) -
Black Christianity
Developing in the south, black Christianity was more intimate and more emotional than white Christianity. Often, slaves,praying for their dreams of freedom to become true. Coincided with soul music that had an upbeat rhythm and involved dancing. This allowed for slaves to begin to collaborate. -
Tallmadge Amendment and the Missouri Compromise
The amendment wanted the newer state of Missouri to be enacted as a free state but with the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was passed as a slave state but Maine was counted as a free state. This set up the 36' 30 line that was the imaginary line between slave states of the south and the free states of the north. -
Abolitionism
This movement was the very beginning of mostly all civil rights movements and was the opposition to slavery, demanding immediate emancipation of all slaves. This was thought of radical before the Civil War until after the war, the idea was adopted more by the Northern Republicans. Many abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison were extremely vocal and helped make slavery a national issue. But, the south disliked this, creating sectional tension because most abolitionists were from the North. -
The Gag Rule
This rule was enacted by pro-slavery congressmen of the House of Representatives that prohibited the discussion of abolition of slavery. This basically paused the debate about whether slavery was appropriate or not and prolonged slavery.