PPT-American Slavery and Inequality

Profits of Plantations John Rolfes January 1620 Letter About the latter end of August a Dutch man of Warr of the burden of about 160 tunes tons arrived at PointComfort the Commandors. Who are abolitionists? . Why do they believe what they believe? . American History. Section 10, Unit 4. Crusade for Abolition. Objectives. Explain how African Americans changed the focus on the antislavery efforts. Chapter 14. Section 2. Early Efforts to End Slavery. In 1787 at the Constitutional Convention it was decided that each state would be allowed to decide the issue of slavery themselves.. Quaker Benjamin Lundy founded the first abolitionist newspaper in 1821. 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. (Master APE & PPD, Paris School of Economics). Thomas Piketty. Academic year 2016-2017 . Lecture 5: Slavery, forced labor and political rights in historical perspective. (check . on line. for updated versions). A Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass. A Review on. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. , . who later became known as. . Frederick Douglass. , . was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland near Hillsboro. (Master APE & . PPD) . (EHESS & Paris . School of Economics). Thomas Piketty. Academic year 2017-2018 . Lecture 5: Slavery, forced labor and political rights in historical perspective. (check . . The Missouri Compromise (1820). A James Monroe Museum. Virtual Exhibit. Image Credit: Robert K. Griffin “The Liberian Senate,” Library of Congress. Introduction. The United States had debated slavery since its founding. However, tensions over the issue were growing by the time of Monroe’s presidency. . American slavery was rooted in both . racism. & . economic. . exploitation. and depended on . brutal repression . for its survival.. Slavery remained a cancer on American democracy; a moral outrage that mocked our nation’s claim to be a model of social & political enlightenment. 1820-1860. The South and the Slavery Controversy. Chapter 16. I. Cotton is King. After Revolution slavery faced an uncertain future, it was logical to think slavery would fade away. Invention of the cotton gin in 1793 changed that. LT1: Political Foundations. Belief in a written constitution (Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). Legitimacy through written laws and the description of how self-government will work. Collin Duggan & Will Summerall. What Was the Industrial Revolution? . It was a period of rapid growth with breakthroughs in water powered machines and high production.. Hand powered machines were not efficient enough to fill large orders so a man named Richard Arkwright came up with a revolutionary idea . A Brief Overview Of Abolitionism To Succeed In APUSH. Early Abolitionism. Throughout most of early American history, abolitionists consisted of a small portion of the population. 18th-century:. Free blacks. A Brief Overview Of Abolitionism To Succeed In APUSH. Early Abolitionism. Throughout most of early American history, abolitionists consisted of a small portion of the population. 18th-century:. Free blacks. Chapter 8 section 3 “The Anti-Slavery Movement” Review 1. Boston publisher of an anti-slavery paper William Lloyd Garrison 2. Term for a former slave Freedman 3. Slave who led a revolt Nat Turner