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Jan 1, 1499
Works Cited
Mrs. Emke's Notes
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Google Images
http://civilrights.uslegal.com/voting-rights/grandfather-clauses-literacy-tests-and-the-white-primary/
http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324
http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/john-browns-harpers-ferry.html
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Slavery Itself
11 to 16 million slaves were brought out of Africa. About 500,00 were brought to the US. Wealthy land holders commonly had slaves. Most slaves came from West Africa. This is slavery itself, so it was extrmemely important. They did it because it was a cheap labor force for growing empires. -
Frederick Douglas
When he was 13, he began to look for ways to earn his freedom. He would secretly teach other slaves to read. He was beaten often until he started to fight back. He spent some time in prison after he had attempted an escape and then he became an expert as a caulker in a shipyard. It was important to slavery because not many slaves knew how to read or write, so he probably helped a lot of people by doing that. He also fought back, which slaves couldn't/weren't intellegent enough to do. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
The Nat Turner Rebellion happened in Virginia in August 1831. Turner was highly educated and intellegant, making him extremely smarter than all of the other slaves. He traveled around house to house freeing slaves and killing all of the whites. He killed approximately 60 men, women, and children. There were 70 other free and enslaved African's involved. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
It was a big part in slavery because not many slaves could ever rebel against their owners. It was very uncommon, and it showed that if one slave could do it, so could the others. -
Black Seminole Uprising
The Black Seminole Uprising was the largest slave haven in the United States. Slaves were welcomed into Spanish Florida as long as they helped defend the land. It was in 1832-1842. They said that if the US let them move onto Indian Territory they would stop fighting with them. It was important to the abolution of slavery because there weren't very many free African's, and if they were free they really didn't have a place to go. By giving them that land, it probably helped them out a lot. -
Creole Case
It was a ship that had 135 slaves aboard. International slave trade was illegal at this time, but no slave trade within colonies. One slave got out of the shackles and freed others, and they overtook the captain. They sailed to Nassau, Bahamas where slavery was illegal. It was important to slavery because typically anyone who tried to go against their owner was killed immediately, They were really brave to go against his 'power' over them and change it around. -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown was a white abolitionist who wanted to start a slave revolt. He had an ellaborate plan that a bunch of people would show up and they could raid Harper's Ferry Arsenal together, but only 18 men showed up. It was important to slavery because it showed that people were scared to rebel against people who believed in slavery. They most likely thought that they were crazy for thinking they could get away with something like that. It showed that some whites were against slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was on January 1st, 1863. It was issued by Abraham Lincoln directed towards all of the areas in rebellion and Executive branch of the US. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion, applying to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time. 20,000 to 50,000 slaves in regions where rebellion had already been subdued were immediately emancipated. -
Grandfather Clauses and Literacy Tests
There were a lot of uneducated African Americans at the time and some whites would do anything just to make sure that the African's didn't get to vote like they had the right to. With Grandfather Clauses, it meant that if your grandfather could vote then you could as well. The struggle with that was when they couldn't prove that they were related to a person, they couldn't vote that way. There was a poll tax that could cost up to $200 per person, and a lot of them didn't have the money for that -
Grandfather Clauses & Literacy Tests
With Grandfather Clauses, it meant that if your grandfather could vote then you could as well. The struggle with that was when they couldn't prove that they were related to a person, they couldn't vote that way. There was a poll tax that could cost up to $200 per person, and a lot of them didn't have the money for that. Some had to take literacy tests to prove that they could read, but the tests were extremely difficult.
