...Mr. Abraham Lincoln, You made this document, the Emancipation Proclamation, to free slaves from the brutal and serious conditions they have been through. You wanted all people to be free, but you call slaves property. Why would you call something property and not free them all. I find this document a lie of your words. You said yourself, “All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State; shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” This document makes no sense to me or to many of your fellow Americans. I do certainly agree with Jefferson Davis that this document should be recorded in history for being guilty. From your document, “A House Divided” Speech, you believed that this government cannot endure permanently...
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...prosperous Union. Yet a century and half ago Americans were deeply divided over the practice of slavery. This division would lead to war and the death of over six hundred thousand Americans. Yet there are some who believe that the Civil War could have been avoided, and by so doing the Union would have been preserved. Those who hold this view believe that the solution laid in maintaining the division of slave and free states. They believe that not enough was done to maintain the nation as half slave and the other half as free. For one to prescribe to this notion that the nation could have been divided yet united one must dismiss the numerous efforts made in the decade leading up to the Civil War. There were many factors that lead to this conflict probably the most significant event was America emerging as the victor in the Mexican American War. America’s victory resulted in an enormous amount of land being opened up for new territories. These territories...
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...Black Experience in America: Slavery to Emancipation AAAS 106 Professor Shawn Alexander KU 2011 Final Exam Study Guide Some important dates and events - Remember that this guide only gives you a chronology of important events. It is not sufficient for the exam - you must fill in the details from your lecture notes and readings. All the reading is compulsory, do not leave out any portion of the texts or articles. Slavery and the Slave Trade African Slave Trade: Conventional Dates – 1450 – 1867 Early controllers of the Trade: 1494 the Spanish turned to the Portuguese to supply slaves for their colonies. By the 17th C Northern European countries began to dominate the trade. 1621 Dutch West Indies Trading Company 1672 British Royal African Company (by the end of the 17th England dominated the trade.) The Scale of the Trade: Between 1492 and the end of the trade in 1867 Europeans transported a minimum of 10 million people in some 27,000 slaving expeditions – or some 170 slave ships per year. 50% mortality rate (rough estimate) About 95% of the captives were sent to the brutal tropical sugar growing regions of Brazil and the Caribbean. 40% Brazil 5-6% North America Before the trade picked up (1700) 2.2 million Africans had already been shipped to the Americas. The trade climaxed in the 1780s, when 80,000 Africans were shipped a year. 5/4 of all those shipped came in the 18th and 19th centuries. Three major areas in Africa supplied...
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...America began when the first African slaves were transported on a Dutch boat toward the North American settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. After the slaves were transported to Virginia, slavery spread all through the American countryside. The first African Americans that arrived in Jamestown in 1619 on a Dutch trading ship were not slaves. They served time as indentured servants until they completed all of their duties. Indentured servants were the first to meet needs for labor. The servant worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom. The Crown rewarded planters with 50 acres of land for every person they brought to the New World. Africans were the immigrants to the British New World that had no choice on where they were sent. Despite the lack of a slavery in England, slavery gradually replaced indentured slaves as the main income for plantation labor...
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...nation's slaves, it created a challenge for slaves, the Emancipation Proclamation in law was very unsettled. The proclamation it self-declared freedom for most of the nation slaves. According to the “slow ending of slavery” lines (1-3) On January 1st, 1863, after several hours greeting visitors, President Lincoln said his pain to the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for most of the nation's slaves more than 3 million men, women, and children in 10 states. Because of this, the proclamation is self-declared freedom for most of the slaves without it there wouldn't be freedom for the slaves it was the base for the transition for slaves from Slavery to freedom. Emancipation Proclamation created a challenge for slaves because not of not all of them were free. lines 29-32,” placing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln had for legal and political reasons, Incorporated several key...
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...Lincoln: House Divided Will Not Stand Abraham Lincoln,16th President of the United States, made his famous "House Divided Speech" on June 16, 1858 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. His speech was made for the United States senate in order to mark his nomination by the Republican Party. This speech is known for being such an important event in the history since it exposed clearly Lincoln's position on slavery and its future in the United States. It also predicted events that were to occur in the near future. This speech revolved around Lincoln's debates and his Democratic Party opponent, Stephen A. Douglas. This campaign was consumed by the nationwide debate over slavery and its possible expansion from its historical base in the South into the northern free states. Douglas was representing the pro-slavery Democratic Party, and he argued that slavery would continue to exist in the United States without threatening the existence and stability of the Union. In his view, each state should have the right to determine whether or not slavery should exist in that state. Therefore, the democratic progress would decide slavery's status in each state. Douglas believed that free states and slave states could coexist peacefully with each other. Lincoln was representing the abolitionist, anti-slavery Republican Party, and he argued that slave states and free states could not coexist with each other since the two sides, pro-slavery and anti-slavery, held...
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...should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and a 12-point font. Frequent citations (probably one or two per paragraph) to the textbook are essential for each point you find from the textbook. Use Turabian or MLA for your citation format and be exact in your citations, including page numbers for each one. No title page or works cited page are needed. In the beginning of the African American history, there were many obstacles and struggles that the colored people had to face. They were being mistreated, sometimes even less than a white man’s dog. It all began in 1619, the first African slaves were brought to Virginia. Once a person becomes a slave, they were slaves for life and so were the next generation. The majority of the slaves worked in rice or tobacco plantations in dangerous living conditions. In 1793, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin increased the demand for slave labor ( 147). Cotton soon became the king crop in the lower South while tobacco still remained a major cash crop in the upper South. Due to the high demand of cotton, the crop brought the majority of wealth and prosperity from the South Carolina to Louisiana ( 231). In 1793, the government...
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...If America hadn’t had divided itself, than would The Civil War have even occurred. The Civil war was a time when America was divided into the North and the South. The Missouri Compromise stated that for every free state, there must be slave state. After The Missouri Compromise was made official, America started to divide itself. The Civil War was caused by many economic, political, and social reasons such as how the North and South relied on each other for supplies, the growth of slavery and how the people viewed it, and how slavery was treated in the South. First, the North and South relied on each other frequently for supplies. Both sides traded supplies to frequently that their economy was based on their trades. If either one of them decided...
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...American Revolution or the half-accomplished Revolution. The names vary, but the memory still rings true. The war was monumental and tragic, but it united us all. The nicknames of the Civil War varied throughout the nation, at one point in time, but today the common history has united us all and all sides see the reason behind the names. After the war had ended in the mid-1800’s the South and the North were at odds with each other. The South had wanted to leave the United States and the North had prevented them from doing so, at the expense of over 600,000 American deaths (American Civil War History). The South believes that this war was a lost cause, since they believed they were justified in when they seceded from the nation. They thought that the North’s growing abolition movement put...
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...the republicans state convention in the House of Representatives in Illinois. In the speech he makes it extremely clear who the supporters and opponents of slavery are. The background for the speech is the conflict between the Kansas-Nebraska law and the Supreme Courts decision in the Dred Scott case. The Kansas-Nebraska law allowed the states to decide whether they want to abolish slavery or not. The Supreme Court decided that the right of ownership of slaves should not be prevented in any state. A house divided is a speech by Abraham Lincoln. The speech took place in 1858. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He is from the state Illinois. When the American Civil War took place abolishing slavery was not his primary target. It was to save the Union. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure; permanently half slave and half free. Lincoln does not think that the “house” can stand if it is divided. He does not believe that the government can endure to be half slave and half free. He does not believe the union to be dissolved, he does not want the union to fall, but he wishes that the union wont be divided. He is speaking to the gentlemen of the convention. The speech took place so he could get voters before the election. The purpose with the speech is first of all separate him self from Douglas and to show his viewpoints of the situation. The union got only two options; the United States would unavoidable...
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...fair for girls and women. One rule that was pointed towards men and boys was law 168, it read “If a son has struck his father, his hand shall be cut off.” which meant if a son had hit his dad his hand will be cut off, but this means a son can his mother and keep his hands! Some are tremendously unfair like laws 209 and 213. Law 209 says “ If a man strikes the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 10 shekels of silver”. One of the reasons this is unfair is because the money does not even go to the women who lost her baby, it goes to the man!...
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...troops Marked a major change in Northern war aims Emancipation Proclamation Shift in public opinion Blow against slavery would make Britain and France less likely to aid the South Weaken the confederacy Emancipate- "Free" all enslaved African Americans in the South On January 1st 1863 Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation Applied only to areas that the Confederacy controlled, it did not actually free anyone. Hoped it would encourage slaves to run away and many would Had the desired effect in Europe. Britain and France decided to withhold recognition of the Confederacy. Southern Victories In the winter of 1862- 1863 the south is winning The ride of war turns Lee decided to invade the North. In June of 1863 he begins moving north with 75000 troops. The two armies meet by accident on July 1st near the town of Gettysburg. Battle of Gettysburg Three days of fighting The Union held the high ground On the third day of battle, Lee decided to launch an attack the he hoped would destroy the Union army. Battle with largest number of casualties of the war. About 50,000 Often described as a turning point. It ended Lee's invasion of the North Pickett's Charge Around 14,000 Confederates advanced across and open field about a half-mile long. Barely half of the Rebels returned from the charge. Lee- "Its all my Fault" Victory at Vicksburg On July 4, 1863 Vicksburg surrendered Union now held the entire Mississippi River. Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 Lincoln...
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...Democratic politicians from the South and Republican politicians from the North kept the conflict between the states at the center of the political debate for years and made the war inevitable. Key political causes of the civil war include the acts congress passed, the split that happened throughout the years between congress, and most importantly the election in 1860 that elected Abraham Lincoln as president. Congress, throughout the years since America won independence passed laws they believed would help their nation. But as slavery became more of a problem in the nation, acts passed by congress became more important and affected the outcome of the American nation and its citizens much greater. Congress passed many acts throughout the years leading to the Civil War, but some very important ones that both held off the civil war and pushed the civil war are the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Connecticut Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas – Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 after Missouri requested in 1819 to be part of the Union as a slave state. Missouri’s request may have seemed like a simple request but this small request shocked the whole nation and caused an outrage. This is because America’s delegate balance of slave and Free states was being threatened. If Missouri was passed as a slave state then slave states would out number Free states and this made the North furious and caused many fights within the government trying to decide on what to...
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...His case was called ‘’Dred Scott v. Sanford’’. He actually made it to court. Dred Scott made history happen by going to court for his freedom. His statement or what his whole is built upon was the statement that he had lived with Dr. Emerson in free territories like Illinois, that when Dr. Emerson died he Dred Scott thought he was free. The process began in 1846. Dred Scott had lost his first trial in a local St. Louis district court but, he then won his second trial, only to find out that the decision overturned by the Missouri State Supreme Court. Although he was rejected he would not give up for his and his wife’s freedom. Nothing was going to get in his way. He wasn’t alone. He had a team of people who hated slavery. Dred Scott then filed his suit in St....
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...meant that more slaves were needed to make the cotton. This is important because mostly what we wear every day is made of cotton. The Peculiar Institution- Slave population was increasing as well as for buying them to make more cotton. This is important because slaves were a big impact to the society we have today. Sad Days- Slaves had horrible conditions only working all day with a few breaks and had no say into their freedom. This important because everyone now in the U.S has freedom. The North- The North had a very different belief than the south with socially, economically, and politically. This is important because the North was mainly for transporting raw materials to the west and south. The South- The South was becoming well known for their agriculture which they were growing more stuff than usual. This is important because the south has many raw materials they can do with. Civil War Loons- The north did not like the idea of the south to have slavery so they ended up making sectionalism. This is important because this is an even which lead to the civil war. The American’s Anti-Slavery Society- the Anti- Slavery Society was mainly to the north who wanted slaves in the south to be freed. This is important because even newspapers were being made to do so. The South’s defense- The southern decided to protest as well to defend their argument as pro slavery. This is important because you have one half of a country supporting pro slavery and the other half against slavery...
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