PPT-Unit 5: Life in Post-Slavery America

1875 1928 During the late 1800s and early 1900s AfricanAmericans struggled to find their place in the United States while also seeking ways to express their voice and culture Booker T Washington 1856 1915 serves as an example of blacks trying to earn their success and prove their worth in America during this time period. Dr. Chris Busey. Assistant Professor of Middle Level & Social Studies Education. Texas State University. Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Agenda. Critical Thinking Through Maps. Analyzing Music for Afro-Latin Themes. Economic growth in America was linked and influenced by a host of events elsewhere in the world, particularly in England.. The British Industrial Revolution spurred technical innovations that had far-reaching implications.. 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. Life in the Chesapeake. Illnesses. Life expectancy. Men to Women Ratio 6:1. HOW SLAVERY CAME TO THE U.S.. Indentured Servants. Indentured servants became the first means to meet this need for labor. In return for free passage to Virginia, a laborer worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom. The Crown rewarded planters with 50 acres of land for every inhabitant they brought to the New World. Naturally, the colony began to expand. That expansion was soon challenged by the Native American confederacy formed and named after Powhatan. Ms. McLane. Ms. . Afshar. / Ms. Scott. Think about it…. Why do you speak Spanish?. Do Now. Guess the populations of the following places in the year 1500:. a. Paris . b. London . c. British Isles . 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. Dr . Camillia. . Cowling. 1940s recordings of Brazilian slave songs by Stanley . Stein. No tempo do . cativeiro. Aturava. . muito. . desaforo. Levantava. de . manha. . cedo. Com . cara. . limpa. By: Vincent Mai. America and the Institution of Slavery. Slavery had already been in . practice for . quite some time. The significance of Slavery in America: . Manipulated by the slaves states in order to fulfill individual interests.. . 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. . - 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.” . 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. Introduction to the novel. Though Morrison. ’. s work has focused on black experience, and particularly on the experience of Black women, she long avoided subject of . slavery. Considered taboo within her own family and culture. Too big, too traumatic, too embittering, too hard to face.. 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.. Now that slavery. was over, African. Americans had. 2 main problems.. 1. They were. uneducated.. 2. They were. unemployed.. So the United States. government established. the. Freed. men. ’s. Bureau..