PPT-Slavery: A Peculiar Institution

APUSH Spiconardi Do Now Read and interpret the quote below What is Thomas Jefferson stating about the issue of slavery But as it is we have the wolf by the ears we can neither hold him nor let him safely go Justice is in one scale and self preservation in the other. 1820-1850. Prior to the 1820s the view of slavery was in conflict with the ideas of . the . American Revolution. , . particularly the statement by Thomas Jefferson in the . . Declaration of Independence . Sarah Richardson. Slavery. Slave trade defined as the enforced migration of people across national boundaries over long distances to bondage in a different setting . Ancient empires of Egypt, Greece and Rome all utilised slave labour . Slavery and Abolition. Chapter 17. When is evil so enormous, that it must be denounced, even at the risk of participating bloodshed and butchery? . Characteristics of the Antebellum South. Primarily agrarian.. The Phantom Tollbooth. Period 2. Doldrums. (n.) a . state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.. Sailors sometimes have difficulty when sailing in the . doldrums. . Winds will be light causing boats to come to a standstill, sometimes for days. Only sudden storms with strong winds allow sailors to move on.. Walter Johnson refers to . Joseph Holt Ingraham’s work, ‘The Southwest by a Yankee’ (1835. ). Johnson . states that there is no more important topic in relation to slavery than the topic approached by Ingraham regarding ‘the relation of slavery to race… of the process of economic exploitation to the ideology of racial domination. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel.”. --Abraham Lincoln. ( . from a letter to A G. Hodges, April 4, 1864, . Slavery’s Evolution. At the beginning of the 18th century, most slaves were born in Africa, few were Christian, and very few slaves were engaged in raising cotton. By the start of the American Revolution, slavery had changed dramatically. impulsive . and . unpredictable; subject to . whim . ADJECTIVE. cloister. To seclude . or shut up . in. VERB. disparity. lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference . NOUN. efficacy. capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness . Crispus. Attucks in the Mob at the “Boston Massacre,” 1770. Phillis. Wheatley, Boston Slave and Published Poet. Slavery and Slave Revolt as a Cause of the American Revolution. Centrality of Slavery to British North America. missouri. and . kansas. Created by: . Jesse V. McClain. The Issue of Slavery. Introduction. Slavery in Missouri. Slavery in Kansas. Slavery. Slavery is the condition of being held against one’s will and being forced to work without pay. . 1793-1860. American Pageant Chapter 16. “Cotton is King!”. King Cotton. Cotton Gin—revives slavery. South & others profited. ½ of American exports after 1840. Produced more than ½ world’s supply. Barbados slaves codes brought to South Carolina. . Leads to massive Racism. . Imported in large numbers following:. Bacons Rebellion-1676. Invention of Cotton Gin- 1790 . Compromise of the Constitution. Tuck Everlasting Chapter 6-12 peculiar Page 38 Meaning- ( adj ) n ot usual; strange or odd Sentence- I think that it is very peculiar that my cat has two different colored eyes. disarray Tuck Everlasting Chapter 6-12 peculiar Page 38 Meaning- ( adj ) n ot usual; strange or odd Sentence- I think that it is very peculiar that my cat has two different colored eyes. disarray