PPT-The Slavery Issue Intensifies

Chapter 14 Part 3 Uncle Toms Cabin Written by CT preachers daughter Lost son to cholera felt she understood how slave mothers felt when children sold Wrote antislavery novel . 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 . How it all began:. The first Africans in America arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as indentured servants. From 1619 to around1640, Africans were able to earn their freedom by working as artisans and labor workers for the European settlers.. 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. Setting the Scene…. Year – 1820. President. – James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson . voices . . his opinion of slavery. . 11 free states. 11 slave states . How do we admit Missouri?. The Missouri Compromise. 10.1. Industry in the North. 1850’s –more than 20,000 miles of track laid. Cities transformed over night. Many immigrants came. Strongly opposed to slavery. Agriculture in the South. 1850 . 1/3 of the nations population was in the South. Starters. Starter # 1-Slavery & World History. 1. ________ Slavery is a product of capitalism..  . 2. ________ Myth: Slavery was an economically backward and inefficient institution.. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel.”. --Abraham Lincoln. ( . from a letter to A G. Hodges, April 4, 1864, . Unit Six. Slavery & Western Expansion. Section One. Impact of War. Mexican War heightened opposing viewpoints on slavery. Amendment to a war appropriations bill was proposed by David Wilmot. WILMOT PROVISO: proposed that in any territory the US gained from Mexico, there would be no slavery. Chapter 14 Part 3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. CT preacher’s daughter. Lost son to cholera; felt she understood how slave mothers felt when children sold. Wrote anti-slavery novel (1852)– . By: Emily Wilson. EW. What we will be discussing. Intro to slavery during this time period.. Generalization during the time. Slavery maps. Both active and passive methods slaves used to resist slavery,. 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. 16.1 – Slavery in the Territories. From the days of Jefferson and the Founding Fathers, slavery was a major issue for politicians. The Missouri Compromise. By 1819, there were 22 states (11 free, 11 not). The Road to the Missouri Compromise . Northwest territories - land acquired from the British after their defeat in the American Revolutionary War.. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 strictly forbade slavery in these territories.. 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.