...Introduction: In the 18th century, Great Britain was and Empire and was open for trading and commerce. It was the same for the 19th century, with the utilization of the slaves. We are going to talk about the slave trade at the Docklands and the abolition of slavery in Great Britain. Issues: How was the Great Britain Empire working during the 18th century ? What was the role of London in the trade and commerce during the 18th and 19th century ? How was the slaves use in Great Britain ? How did the slave trade end in Great Britain ? Subjects: The British Empire during the 18th century (Aymeric) London’s role in the trade and commerce during the 18th (Paul) London’s role in the trade and commerce during the 19th (Esther) The slave trade at the Docklands (Freya) London was at the heart of the ‘trade triangle’ that fuelled the slave trade. Traders left here with manufactured goods, such as guns, and exchanged them for slaves in Africa. The slaves were then taken across the Atlantic (the ‘middle passage’) and sold to plantation owners in America and the Caribbean for sugar, tobacco, rum, rice, cotton and tea, all of which were shipped back to London. It’s estimated that 11-12 million Africans were transported across the Atlantic for slavery. During the 1720s alone, nearly 200,000 Africans were transported in British ships. Packed into tight spaces with little food and water, thousands died en route. Built in 1803, Warehouse 1 was the first docklands warehouse...
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...Politically, women sought after suffrage, claiming taxation without representation just as the colonists had done in the 18th century towards Great Britain. In the early to mid-19th century, many factors contributed to the formation of the women’s rights movement including the Cult of Domesticity, education, abolition, marriage, and politics. Belief in the Cult of Domesticity by many men resulted in many women staying in the private sphere unwillingly, unequal pay compared to similar jobs done by men, and few socially acceptable career options for women, causing them to fight these injustices legally in courts and participating in strikes and protests. Many men and even women upheld the idea of the Cult of Domesticity, which women stayed in the private sphere and kept the house and children while the men stepped out into the public sphere and worked in order to support the family. In 1846, Eliza Farnham quoted a man stating, “I calculate ‘tain’t of much account...
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...Nineteenth Century Nannette Porter HIWD – 370: Comparative Civilization Instructor Katie Stewart October 13, 2015 Slavery had been a part of civilization since villages, and small communities began to form. The topic of slavery is an important part of our heritage, knowing how it began and what humanity has done to control it. It is interesting to see how Christianity can change the heart of one person, who can affect the change in a country. One small adjustment, thousands of miles abroad, can affect any civilization and history of many countries. During the 19th century many countries developed laws to gradually or immediately shift civilization away from slavery. This paper explores the religious influences motivating this shift in the legal system as well as the consequences of these laws on work civilization. Slavery was found worldwide and came in many different forms. The most common was the Slave, treated as chattels and wild animals, having no rights and endured harsh physical abuse. The Slave was known more and referred to as the ‘Western Slave’ more commonly found in America. Serfdom, a Russian repression, was a different form of slavery. Serfs were not a legal person, had no property rights, no right to credit transactions and not protected by custom. However, a serf had his own land and property, unlike in slavery. Serfdom was found in China, Japan, India and elsewhere. Muslim Slaves were another form of slavery who was not...
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...Of the Hall’s 19th century inductees, whom most people associate with the rise of women’s rights, everyone has an anti-slavery activism story as well. Many were radical abolitionists: Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Grimké, South Carolina born women who left the south and became immediatist abolitionist speakers and writers, Quaker Minister Lucretia Mott, Harriet Tubman, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, the ‘notorious’ Fanny Wright, Lydia Maria Child, Susan B. Anthony, who did a stint on the paid agency circuit, a public speaking abolitionist firebrand in her own right, Ernestine Rose, Paulina Wright Davis, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. An extraordinary number of these women were either from upstate New York, were active here, spoke here, or chose, like Harriet Tubman, to settle in this region. They wove a 19th century web, an internet of allies and families. Imagine a great web from Maine to Philadelphia, encompassing Boston, New York City, and spanning west to the Ohio Valley and Michigan. They had no telephones, no radios, and no electronic communication. They did write voluminously, letters to one another, to newspapers, to conventions and gatherings. When anti-slavery activists began to speak at meetings, their words were written down, published and passed along. Those who were not literate such as Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman were read to by friends, relatives, and in later years as African-American literacy expanded, often by children. Martha Coffin Wright...
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...Emancipation and Apprenticeship Pre-18th Century Attitudes to Slavery Like other people of the time, Europeans believed that the enslavement of another person was justifiable as long as a reasonable explanation could have being given for the enslavement. In Africa itself, slavery was acceptable and people were taken as slaves in three ways: as prisoners in war, as a punishment for a crime and as a payment for debt. An English philosopher, John Locke stated that slavery is only justifiable when a person was then taken captive as a prisoner of war e.g.: in crusades. The Spanish questioned whether slavery was right but they still practiced it. They argued that slavery although wrong was necessary in order to develop their empire and to convert heathens to Christians. The Bible itself was ambiguous enough for Europeans to use it as the foundation for supporting slavery e.g.: the story about the curse on Ham and his posterity and their ‘blackness’ giving them inferiority and making them slaves forever. 18th Century Attitudes to Slavery In the 18th century, there was a changing attitude towards slavery, ideas about Christian brotherhood and that Christians could not be enslaved became popular for e.g.: the Quakers believed that blacks have immortal souls just like whites and can be saved as well. In France, the anti-slavery group was more of secular than a religious group. They were humanitiarrtians who believed that all men were created equal and that all men...
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...full scale war ensued that changed the social-political landscape of the United States towards the end of the 19th century. The major cause of the Civil War was the sharp opinions exhibited by both sides concerning the abolition of slavery. In the Northern states there was growing sympathy towards the abolition movement. This was spearheaded by religious leaders who deemed slavery as immoral and inhuman. Several publications such as: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, John Browns Raid and Dred Scott Case highlighted the negative and inhumane treatment of slaves. This articles increased support for the abolition of slavery in the North. However, majority of the rich slave owners had massive plantations in the Southern states and benefited immensely form slave trade. The Southern states vehemently opposed abolition and went to war in order to safeguard their economic interests which streamed from a lucrative salve trade. The fight against proponents and opponents of slavery was heightened with the enactment of a series of laws. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 fueled hatred and animosity between the two regions. The law created slave free states that were formed due to the Westward expansion. The Southerners rejected the law that resulted in years of political feuds. The Compromise of 1850 was set up so as to balance the contrasting interests that existed over the prohibition of slavery in newly formed states. The Kansas-Nebraska Act...
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...movement was to put an end to segregation and give slaves equal rights as everyone else. This differed from the ideas of other anti- slavery advocates who felt that slaves should be emancipated gradually instead of all at once. In addition, there were other groups that felt that slaves should not be freed but that they should simply keep slavery from spreading any further West. Although this movement technically began in the 1700’s, it took many years before it would become a full force movement. There was much progress made by this movement. One of the things that this movement accomplished was that it motivated the Northern states to either end slavery al together or at least work towards gradual abolition. By 1787, Congress had banned slavery in the Northwest. Around that same time many of the slave owners in Virginia and Maryland also freed their slaves. In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was put into place. This declared the freedom of the slaves within the Confederacy. Finally, in 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution banning slavery across the entire country. There is a modern equivalent to the abolitionist movement. Today we are fighting what is known as modern- day slavery, also known a human trafficking. The big difference between slavery in the 19th century and modern- day slavery is that in the 19th century, a slave knew that it was such, but in today’s society, many of the victims suffer from what is known as Stockholm syndrome. This is...
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...patience and guidance during the course of this task. Research Question To what extent is it true to say that the planters were the main reason why slavery was abolished British West Indies in 1834? Table of Contents Rationale ……………………………………….……………… 1 Introduction ………………………………….………………... 2 Summary of Findings ……………….…………………………. 4 Conclusion …………………………………………………….. 11 Bibliography …………………………………………………... 13 Rationale The researcher chose to do this topic to get a better understanding on whether or not the planters’ actions were the main reason why slavery was abolished in the British West Indies in 1834. The researcher hopes that this study will be beneficial in the future and will boost the researcher’s knowledge on the topic. Introduction The plantocracy, who was generally made up of white slaves owning members of the society in the West Indies during slavery were also known as the planter class. This set of people insisted that Africans deserved to be slaves because they were lazy, dishonest dumb and immoral. The planters and traders of enslaved people in the 18th century defended the institution of slavery against the philosophers, evangelists and economists. The planters argued that slavery was immoral in the 18th century, therefore, it had always been wrong yet it had been approved by governments in the past, and through the many different changes in political parties....
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...great social status in his society. Madison was a slave owner who didn’t actually want slaves. His wife Dolley on the other hand was a supporter of slavery, but Madison had several internal conflicts dealing with whether or not he accepted it or disagreed with the whole situation. “Madison knew his beliefs were completely contradicting since America is about equality and liberty yet America was solely built on the backs of enslaved people” (“Montpelier: The People, The Place, The Idea”). He spoke against slavery multiple times, but knew every word he spoke contradicted everything else he spoke. Each one of Madison’s peers all had different viewpoints on the situation, which then made all decisions dealing with the abolition of slavery that much harder. Madison believed that white...
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...Professor: Course: Date: The Link between an Evangelical Spirit as Found In the Second Great Awakenings and the Reforming Impulse Historians and sociologists have consistently observed the relationship between the abolitionist movement and revivalism. Evangelical movements and works contributed to the end of the slave trade and slavery which was rampant in Europe and the United States for the period between the 18th and the 19th century. The industrial and scientific revolution marked this period. To this end, slaves were in high demand on industries and plantations like the ones in South America. Most production was labor intensive, and this nature perhaps explains the intensification of the slave trade during this period. However, missionaries, philosophers and economists like Adam Smith started anti-slavery campaigns. Like Adam Smith, he was very certain that free people are more productive than slaves. Inhumane acts marked the lives of slaves. Masters could whip their Slaves even in public, and they were tied to immobilize them from running away. Thanks, to the antislavery campaigns through evangelism that led to the end of slave trade and slavery. An analysis of the second great awakenings reveals that there is a link between the evangelical spirit and the "reforming Impulse." This link animated the many movements of social reform in the years leading up to the American Civil War. The American evangelicals depicted Americans as the most religious people in the world. It...
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...The Second Great Awakening was an explosion of religious fervor in the 19th century. It was one of the most important social religious and cultural aspects in the United States. During that time, many people had conversion experiences and they want to change their ways to become a more religious individual and give up their ways as sinners. Many people joined churches and particularly women. The Second Awakening lasted around 1970 to 1850. There are many factors that lead to the Second Great Awakening, such as, Market Revolution and Preachers trying to convert people. In addition, there are also consequences of the Second Great Awakening, such as, religious experimentation and Reform movements. One of the causes that lead to the Second Great Awakening was that preachers “circuit riders” would create camp meetings in the frontiers and they would gather thousands of people to listen to them preach. These preachers would attempt to convert the audiences to a more active and particularly evangelical form of Christianity. Two of the famous preachers were Lyman Beecher and Charles Grandison Finney and they both didn’t get along with each other because Finney approved of women preaching in public which was forbidden...
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...Throughout the 19th century, slavery had been at the height of moral and social issues faced in the Atlantic economy. In 1807, 1794, and 1833, Prussia, France and Britain abolished slavery, however well past the halfway point, slavery continued on in the United States with a constant fight between multiple sides on how it should be dealt with. One of the most memorable writers of this time was Frederick Douglass, who wrote a memoir of his life that was published in 1845 under the name of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. The purpose of his work was to visualize and convince whites all over the nation that the horrors of slavery, terrible conditions, and unjust actions cast upon blacks were immoral and should be abolished. Frederick Douglass uses many forms of rhetoric including appeals and devices to build a profile of reasonability and credibility that help him further and effectively explain his argument and reasons why slavery should be abolished....
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...As American politics and the American Economy went through radical transformation periods during the Mid-19th century, so did the American social landscape. Campaigns for social reform began popping up all over America, with Ralph Waldo Emerson stating that there was not “a reading man who was without some scheme for a new utopia in his waistcoat pocket”. As the nation progressed through the 19th century reform movements attempted to, and sometimes succeeded at, reviving religion with religious reformation and the Second Great Awakening, moving away from materialism and greed, and addressing the multiple human rights issues going on in America at the time. Reformation in America started with religion and the religious revival movement of the Second Great Awakening. In the early 1800’s, America was beginning to show signs of going through an intense period of religious rejection and anticlericalism especially with the widely circulated book by...
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...Such Thing as Rest By: Tina Baker Slavery in some ways is still around even today. When we hire a maid, butler, or a chauffeur in some ways is still slavery. They have to work for us for a certain amount of money, and cook, clean raise our kids, and do the grocery shopping. So really slavery isn’t abolished. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 solidified the central importance of slavery to the South's economy. By the mid-19th century, America's westward expansion, along with a growing abolition movement in the North, would provoke a great debate over slavery that would tear the nation apart in the bloody American Civil War (1861-65). Though the Union victory freed the nation's 4 million slaves, the legacy of slavery continued to influence American history, from the tumultuous years of Reconstruction (1865-77) to the civil rights movement that emerged in the 1960s, a century after emancipation. The old slave owners used to use their christianity as a way to justify the way they treated their slaves saying "god told them to do the things they did". Society views slavery as wrong, now that it is illegal. Some...
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...Naomie Fleurjuste 3/23/12 Midterm The difference is that, Atlantic slave trade was very important for 18 century World Economy, because it was one of the three elements of so-called Triangular trade, a three-way exchange between America, Europe, and Africa. European traders would ship textiles, muskets, and manufactured merchandize to Africa and exchange it for slaves. Then they would take slaves to the West to Americas and exchange them for cotton and tobacco, and sail home. On each side of the triangular trade ships made huge profits plus they carried different valuable merchandize from both African continent and the New World. Thus, Atlantic slave trade was vitally important for 18th century sailors . The origin of Atlantic slave trade – and slave trade in general – is mainly associated with the shortage of labor in the developing New World. Contemporary European population in the Americas was not sufficient to support the plans of development. Even criminals that were sentenced to labor ran away, and could easily blend into white masses forever. Native Americans were not efficient as slaves either, because they were not that numerous and did not have immunity for diseases brought to the New World by Europeans . In addition, native Americans could easily escape because they knew the land well, their home were close, and they knew how to survive in the adjacent territories . But labor requirements...
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