PPT-The Divisive Politics of Slavery

Chapter 101 1820 Missouri Compromise attempt to maintain balance of power of North and South Maine free state Missouri slave state Above 36 30 free state Below 3630 slave state. 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 . Adapted from Robert Stanton’s lesson plan on the 13. th. amendment. For or Against Slavery?. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. As the war continued:. Harsh treatment towards African Americans. Slavery. 1807 – British bans the Atlantic Slave trade. 1809 – Prussia (Germany) bans slavery. 1832 – Britain abolishes slavery. 1848 – France abolishes Slavery. 1861 – Russia abolishes serfdom (slavery). 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. Chapter 4. Slavery divides the nation. North and South enter a long and destructive civil war that ends slavery. African Americans briefly enjoy full civil rights, but new laws discriminate against them.. 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. Slavery Grievance. Thomas Jefferson was born to a slave-owning family and he . himself owned . slaves. As chairman of the committee that drafted . the Declaration . of Independence, Jefferson wrote a . 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. 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. 1. PURPOSe of the series. What . we won’t be doing. …. 1. PURPOSe of the series. What we will be doing. …. 2. A few ground rules. 3. My Motivation . 3. My Motivation . A . pastoral. motivation. The Decisive Politics of Slavery. Main Idea. The issue of slavery dominated every area of US politics in the 1850s, forcing the government into a gridlock. Essential Question. Why was the issue of slavery so difficult to resolve?. - Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass. “I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.” . institution in anyprevious yearNoTesting PlanNo I prefer to apply test optional