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1415
prince Henry's caper
convinced his father to capture the main muslim trading depot -
Period: 1415 to
History of Racism and Antiracism.
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1420
the worlds first racist
Gomes Eanes de Zurara promoted slave trading and preached it as good and made racism a norm he told people that slavery was helping the other party learn -
1520
the worlds first african american racist
Leo Africanus said that africans were heterosexual savages which
made him the first black racist -
1577
the theory's
Caucasian Americans were trying to figure out what made African Americans were dark because they believed that dark equaled savage so they came up with the climate theory and the curse theory the climate theory is the theory that the hot climate made people darker until darker people were discovered in Canada where it was colder -
"ordering a familie"
writer William Perkins published a book called "Ordering a Familie" where he taught in the book that slaves where a extension to your family and which once again made people think that slavery is ok (chapter 2 page 30-31) -
Pirates
the spanish ship (saint juan barista) set out for sea with 350 angolans aboard which later was hijacked by 2 pirates which took 60 angolans and enslaved and traded them (chapter 2, Page 36) -
Increase Mather
despite the choices leading up the increase mathers birth he manged to make a name for himself by going to harvard at the age of 11 and being very religious (chapter 4, Page 46-47) -
Richard Baxter
mister richard baxter believed that slavery was beneficial for African americans and even said that some slaves were voluntarily slaves.he even put it in a book called the christian directory (Chapter 3, Page 38-39) -
White Privilege is Introduced
governor william berkeley created rules which made it legal to abuse black people if you were poor so that blacks would never be higher than whites (chapter 3, page 43-45) -
Change?
A Christian denomination called the Mennonites were being killed for their religious beliefs. The Mennonites comparing oppression due to skin color to oppression due to religious beliefs. It was eventually shut down because slave owners didn't want their business being talked about like it was wrong.(Chapter 3, Page 41) -
the hunt
Samuel Parris's daughter suffers convulsions and chokes. He believed that his daughter was possessed or cursed by a witch, which was all it took to initiate the witch hunt. (Chapter 4, Page 49-50) -
the death of cotton mather
after a prayer from his pastor cotton mather dies (Chapter 4, Page 53) -
APS
Benjamin Franklin started a club in Philadelphia called the American Philosophical Society.during the "Enlightenment era"Chapter 5, Page 57) -
the intellect of Phillis Wheatley
after being tested by 18 intelligent men Phillis Wheatley proved her intelligence and created another pov for black people she then later became the first black recorded poet (Chapter 5, Page 60) -
The Declaration
"All men are created equal". (Chapter 8, Page 68) -
the Prossers
The prossers planned for the biggest slave revolt and almost pulled it off until getting snitched on by two other slaves they ended up getting hung for it but there idea started the other big revolts (Chapter 10, Page 79-81) -
New Slave Trade Act
As the president, Thomas Jefferson put a policy that could have started the process of ending slavery despite owning many slaves himself. He brought about a new Slave Trade Act. (Chapter 10, Page 82-83) -
the abolition of slavery in england
slavery was abolished in england(Chapter 8, Page 67) -
the death of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson died -
David Walker
Walker was a black man who had written a pamphlet arguing against the idea that black people were meant to serve white people. Walker died of tuberculosis and Garrison carried on Walker's ideas, being greatly influenced by them. Image of David Walker (Chapter 11, Page 95-96) -
the conscious newspaper
there was a weekly abolitionist newspaper created by william floyd which slowly allowed people to change there racist pov -
AASS
William Lloyd Garrison created a new group called the American Anti-Slavery Society.(Chapter 11, Page 99) -
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, was published with the help of Garrison. The book outlined Frederick's life and exposed what slavery is like from a slave's perspective (Chapter 12, Page 103) -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The book showed how possibly White people were the worst in believing in god and black people were better.(Chapter 12, Page 106-108) -
ABE FTW
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln became president.(Chapter 13, Page 111-113) -
Union
When the Civil War started in 1861, slaves wanted to fight against their slave owners, so they ran into the union to join the union army (the north). This made Lincoln labeled as the "Great Emancipator" although black people were really just emancipating themselves. (Chapter 13, Page 115-116) -
The end of the civil war
In 1865, the Civil War came to an end (Chapter 13, Page 117) -
The 15th amendment
In 1870, the 15th amendment was made official. The amendment made it so that people were no longer prohibited from voting due to race or color. The amendment gave antislavery and black people false hope because it had racist loopholes. (Chapter 14, Page 121-122)