PPT-Life Under Slavery

18th century most slaves recent arrivals work on small farms By 1830 majority are American work on plantations or large farms Rural Slavery On plantations men women children work dawn to dusk in fields. 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). 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, . by Dakota Garoutte. slavery. . slavery describes a wide variety of conditions where by one person sub ordinates another, usually by the exercise of physical coercion. Slavery was also taken for granted. How should the issue of slavery be addressed within the new territories?. Do Now: . Color in your map to identify the “free soil” and “slave” states.. Draw a line to identify the split in the country between North and South. . Liz Cooper, SRS Research and Policy Manager. EAUC Sustainable Procurement Topic Support Network October 2016. Working areas. Why modern slavery?. Increasing visibility of the issue in media and . research. 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.. 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. 1793-1860. Cotton is King!. Eli . Whitney's 1793 cotton gin invention revolutionized the Southern economy. Added to mechanical jennies to spin yarn, power looms to weave, and sewing machines to sew, the demand (and profits) for cotton fiber skyrocketed.. 1790-1860. Slavery: Post Revolution. “republican” ideology of equality and liberty. Massachusetts outlaws slavery in 1783. By 1800, slavery is banned above the Mason-Dixon Line. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery in the Northwest Territories. 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..