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1st Africans brought over
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MA Bay Colony Seal
shows Indian saying "Come Over and Help Us" -
Prayingtowns started
by John Elliot; made Indians convert -
King Philips War
Metacom; started because 2 Wampanoags were accused of killing a Praying Indian and were hung -
AME Church
African Methodist Episcopal church founded by Richard Allen -
Intercourse Act
regulates trade and itneractions with Natives -
Naturalization Law
only whites can be naturalized as a citizen (were Irish white?) -
First Seminole War
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Indian Removal Act
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Cherokee Nation vs Georgia
ruled that Georgia cannot take their land, but Jackson defied rulings -
"The Liberator" - William Lloyd Garrison
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Worcester vs Georgia
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Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner and followers killed 60 white people -
Second Seminole War
very bloody; chief is Osceola; he was captured under a flag of truce and left to die; his wife was captured and returned to being a slave; alliance between blacks and natives; ended in 1842 -
Gag Rule
took away free speech! -
Trail of Tears
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Frederick Douglass' Narrative
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Fugitive Slave Act
if slave ran away, the South had the right to retrieve them from the North -
Lincoln elected
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
made the war about slavery but was narrow about who was freed -
Fort Pillow Massacre
1000s of blacks killed under a flag of truce -
Slavery Abolished
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"American Progress" - John Gast
shows whiteward expansion into west darkness