...As if things weren’t already hard enough, the slave act of 1740 made things just a little bit worse. The “negro” population was taken for granted and forced to live a life no one would want to live. The act happened as a rebound to a riot for slaves near the Stono River. With this all coming to the surface, the act basically held them responsible for all rights and wrongs. The importance of this act was who it was written by, what it ordered the “negro” population to do, and what it accomplished during the 1740s. This act that was progressed in South Carolina made it against the law for slaves to travel around, gather in divisions, obtain food and money. Slaves didn’t have civil rights on southern plantations or even within southern colonies. In South Carolina and among these southern plantations, slavery had started to be the way of life....
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...at an all time high in the south. Cotton became King and had social and economic repercussions throughout the south and rest of the world. It also had a large impact on the lives of slaves along with the lives of non slaves in the southern states. Cotton was in high demand in the beginning of the 1800’s. This was caused by Britain and the Northern states industrial revolutions need for cotton. Coastal plantations needed a new crop to replace indigo. Long staple sea island cotton was able to replace it. The hand cranked gins were effective at removing the seeds. The back country wanted to get in on the cotton trade. The...
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...radicals) had wanted it. Some of the ex-Confederates were afraid if the government implemented the new laws passed, the lives they had before the Civil War would not be the same. Some were afraid with the black slaves becoming freed slaves; the slaves would have an uprising turning against their owners, causing a different Civil War. The new amendments and laws should have been enforced by the government with the same impact as was done in the civil war. Sad to say Southern Whites would take back their power and the northerners knew nothing about this until it was too late. Black Codes made it so many former slaves worked on the land that they had been recently enslaved on for minimal wages. Appointed justices of the peace made it so local democracy was nearly impossible and the poor white as well as the poor black had almost no say against the rich landowning elite that had ruled for decades. Radical Reconstruction made some changes, including the repeal of Black Codes, the 14th and 15th Amendments, which meant citizenship for former slaves and equal treatment for the former and voting rights for African Americans for the latter, and the imposition of troops to maintain order throughout the South. The newly designated compromise of the radical movement for the south could separate in two directions. The initial one would be a rising of another...
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...The Stono Rebellion The Stono Rebellion was one of the most profound slave uprisings in the 18th century, taking place in South Carolina near the Stono and Ashley River. On Sunday September 9, 1739 a group of slaves broke into an arms cache and proceeded to kill dozens of white men, women, and children. The group was led by a man known as “Cato,” a slave who had grown sick of such a miserable life and wanted to go to Spanish Florida, a land where slavery was abolished. Cato had recruited approximately 60 slaves to partake in the revolt, some of which were soldiers back in their home countries. After recruiting a crowd, Cato was now ready to being the uprising. They chose to do the plan on a Sunday as the slave owners and white families...
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...Southern Democrat, becomes president Johnson the Politician • Johnson owned a few slaves and defended slavery and "states' rights" • But he was a small time farmer who did not own slaves early in his life. • He got elected by protecting the rights of non-slaveholding yeoman farmers • He proposed the Homestead Act • But he cared more about the Union than he did about slavery, so when the South seceded, he was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union • That is why the republicans chose him to be Lincoln’s vice-presidential candidate in the 1864 election, so that border states with large slave-holding populations would vote for the Republican candidate • But when Lincoln died, Johnson implemented his own Reconstruction Plan during the first 8 months of his term as president. (It was based on Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan”) Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan • Handed out thousands of pardons to Confederate soldiers and politicians • Enforced Lincoln’s plan to admit states if they ratified the 13th Amendment • Took back the land promised to the slaves of Edisto Island, South Carolina (“40 Acres and a Mule”) • But, Johnson's plan left rebuilding the South in the hands of the same people who controlled the Southern governments during slavery • “States Rights” , to Johnson, meant not just letting the South rebuild what the Union army destroyed, but also giving them the responsibility to help the 4...
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...was a remarkable moment in history. This war went from 1861 to 1865, between the North and South of the United States. It started because the North wanted a unified country, while the South wanted state right’s, not a federal government. The war continued because the South wanted slaves, unlike the North. This war is a time in history that will never be forgotten. The North and South had always been drifting apart because of the major differences in civilization and economy (Guelzo). The main factor being slavery. Since the South was so agricultural, they thought that making slaves do their work was acceptable. They had many big farms and needed workers, so instead of working themselves, they made slaves do their work for them. The North had their own agricultural resources and did not...
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...Rogers 211-565-827 "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just - a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless." – Abraham Lincoln1 Throughout the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, he managed to accomplish many great things. However, the greatest feat he managed to procure was in 1865, specifically, the Emancipation Proclamation. Even though his life was cut short 7 months prior to the officially ratification of the 13th amendment, he was and will always be known as the driving force behind this movement. 2 "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." (13th Amendment)3 So with the new amendment came a new tide of change. Right? Not according to most Southern states that refused to collaborate with the new adjustment. The question we can pose is “why did race continue to be a fundamental social problem in the United States after the abolition of slavery in 1865?” Throughout the research paper, the answer will hopefully be uncovered along with some others pertaining to how the slaves and slave owners reacted to this new law. After the Emancipation...
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...had their own objectives and plans for the future. As history has taken its course, though, almost all of these “revolutionary movements” have come to an end. One such movement was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a violent period that defined the defeated South’s status in the Union and the meaning of freedom for ex-slaves. Though, like many things in life, it did come to an end, and the resulting outcome has been labeled both a success and a failure. When Reconstruction began in 1865, a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War . In many respects, Reconstruction was a time period of attempted healing and building. It was the point where America attempted to become a full running country once more. This, though, was not an easy task. The memory of massive death was still in the front of everyone’s mind, hardening into resentment and sometimes even hatred. The south was virtually non-existent politically or economically, and searching desperately for a way into the political scene. Along with these things, now living amongst the population were almost four million former slaves, who had no idea how to make a living on their own. The former slaves had been freed by the 13th amendment in 1865, and in the future became a great concern to many political leaders. Still, it was no secret that something had to be done. So, political leaders appeared on the stage, each holding their own plan of Reconstruction, each certain their ideas were the correct ones. One of the...
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...Atlantic Slave Trade Essay The Atlantic Slave Trade involved the transportation of slaves that were taken from African and were to be brought to the New World. It was a long voyage and it was difficult to have to manage so many slaves and make sure that they made it to their destination in order to be sold off. The Atlantic Slave Trade brought with it the problem of overpopulation to the colonies so laws had to be passed to have them under legal control. Although the colonies were becoming heavily populated, bringing slaves included getting cheap or free labor which benefited the slave owners. They gained freedom to focus more on that would affect them and therefore were more involved in politics to make sure that no laws would take away what they saw as benefits. To prevent rebellions on ships,...
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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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...for all Americans and invited tariffs on agricultural exports. * Congress increased the general tariff in 1824. * Supporters of Andrew Jackson promoted a high-tariff bill. It was passed in 1828. * The Tariff of 1828 was also called the "Yankee Tariff,” the "Black Tariff" and the "Tariff of Abominations.” * It was hated by Southerners because it was an extremely high tariff and they felt it discriminated against them. * Southern states formed formal protests. * The South was having economic struggles and the tariff was a scapegoat. * Denmark Vesey led a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822. * The South Carolina Exposition: * Published in 1828. * Written by John C. Calhoun. * It was a pamphlet that denounced the Tariff of 1828 as unjust and unconstitutional. * It proposed that the states should nullify the tariff and declare it null and void within their borders. "Nullies" in the South * Congress...
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...The tobacco craze caused the settlers of Jamestown to plant it everywhere in order to get maximum profit. It was a poor man’s crop, easy to plant and abundant enough to be profitable in small amounts. But despite its apparent success, it caused problems for its farmers. If planted too often, it stripped the soil, making it infertile. Additionally, as it gained success, the entire economy became dependent on its harvests, and more and more slaves were required to cultivate the growing number of crops. This instability meant that one bad harvest could collapse Jamestown’s entire economy and leave the settlers with no backup...
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...After the civil war, there were about four million former slaves freed. The South was greatly damaged by the brutal war, therefore, the southern government set up a reconstruction plan to reinvigorate the society. During the reconstruction, there were great social, economic, and political problems faced by the government. The most direct challenge the president and leader in congress was facing was getting food and other help to the free slaves. Since this vast majority of slaves were working on the farm day and night before and were treated as objects. These freemen had no money, no education, no place to live, nor skill to work. Many of the freemen were facing poverty, hunger and homelessness. Another challenge for the government was...
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...most English laborers came to the New World as indentured servants. However, the labor sources of the indentured servant were later shifted to the slave, especially the African slave. These African slaves were victims of the particularly brutal slavery institution that was established during the English colonial era. As they played an important role in developing the English colonies, their...
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...American Civil War History Paper The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war between the United States (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States. Republican victory in the presidential election of 1860 led seven Southern states to declare their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office.[1] The Union rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a large volunteer army, then four more Southern states declared their secession. In the war's first year, the Union assumed control of the border states and established a naval blockade as both sides massed armies and resources. In 1862, battles such as Shiloh and Antietam caused massive casualties unprecedented in U.S. military history. In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal, which complicated the Confederacy's manpower shortages. In the East, Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won a series of victories over Union armies, but Lee's reverse at Gettysburg in early...
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