African American Slaves/Culture in Colonial America from 1700 to 1812

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    African American Slavery/Culture in Colonial America From 1700-1812

  • Stono's Rebellion September 9, 1739

    Stono's Rebellion September 9, 1739
    Early on the morning of Sunday, September 9, 1739, 20 black slaves met in secret near the Stono River in South Carolina to plan their escape to freedom. Stono's Rebellion, the largest slave uprising and documented rebellions in the Colonies prior to the American Revolution.
    Stono's Rebellion. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_stono_2.html.

  • The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741

    The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741
    In 1741 New York had a large population,many of whom were slaves. As tensions ran high between slaves and the free population, over 9 fires broke out in New York. Authorities held a series of trials, and executed black slaves by burning them at stake.
    Horsmanden,Daniel, “A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy.” New York, 1744.http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/legal-history-eras-01/history-new-york-legal-eras-new-york-slave-conspiracy-trials.html.

  • Lord Dunmore's Proclamation – Virginia, November 1775

    Lord Dunmore's Proclamation – Virginia, November 1775
    In November 1775 Lord Dunmore, he issued a decree, Dunmore’s Proclamation, promising freedom to slaves and indentured servants of rebels who remained loyal to the king and who pledged to fight with the Loyalists against the insurgents.
    Lord Dunmore's Proclamation (1775) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lord-dunmore-s-proclamation-1775.

  • The Battle of Yorktown, 1781

    The Battle of Yorktown, 1781
    In 1781, Cornwallis moved his army to Yorktown, Virginia. Of the half a million slaves in the American colonies during the Revolution, twenty thousand joined the British cause and gained there freedom after the war.
    "African Americans in the Revolutionary War." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. October 02, 2016. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/war-for-independence/essays/african-americans-revolutionary-war.

  • Thomas Jefferson- Notes on the State of Virginia 1785

    Thomas Jefferson- Notes on the State of Virginia 1785
    In his Notes on the State of Virginia in the 1780s, Jefferson urged the end of slavery in Virginia and the removal of blacks from that state. He envisioned a land for white farmers and blacks would no longer be a part of the equation.
    "Thomas Jefferson Papers." Massachusetts Historical Society. Accessed June 27, 2017. http://www.masshist.org/thomasjeffersonpapers/notes/.

  • The 1790 Naturalization Act

    The 1790 Naturalization Act
    The 1790 Naturalization Act defined citizenship in racial terms. To be a good citizen of the American republic an immigrant had to be a free white person of good character. Therby exculding slaves, and free blacks. U.S. History
    Collection edited by: OpenStax
    Content authors: OpenStax and OpenStax College History
    Online: https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11740/1.3
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