HIST 105 1nd Edition Lecture 26 Outline of previous lecture I Second bank II Elections a 1832 b 1836 c 1840 III Whig vs Democrats Outline of current lecture I Slavery a Revolts b Rebellion c Free blacks d Justifying slavery e Restriction of slaves II Church III Christian Dichotomy a Spiritual music b Free black churches These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute US Slave Revolts Gabriel Prosser 1800 VA Denmark Vesey 1822 SC Nat Turner 1831 VA Slave rebellion Nat turner 1831 Virginia 60 whites killed Over 200 blacks killed o Some captured Nat Turner tried and hanged For slavery to work you have to have violence slaves got whipped to death Free Blacks 1820 233 500 1860 488 000 Natural increase Escapes passing o mixed children of white and black look more white get away Purchasing freedom Manumission o Letting people free George Washington once his wife dies he allowed all his slaves free Free Blacks located Rural farmlands Cities and towns Women domestic and laundresses o Maids washing sewing Males barred from many trades Free Blacks Urban communities o Schools o Benevolent societies o Separate Churches Black people had their own church Justifying Slavery To 1830 s a necessary evil 1831 Nat Turner s rebellion William Lloyd garrison s liberator o Believes slavery is evil and must get rid of it right now Southern Reactions o Manumission restricted o Families separated Way to punish slaves and keep them in line Restrictions on Slaves Moving about Reading Writing o Against law to teach slaves to read and write o Knowledge is power and keeping the salves from education is keeping them powerless Anti Slavery Laborers View o Don t like idea of slavery slaves do work that they may be able to do o Don t want slaves to be free more competition British Empire Slavery Abolition Act 1833 Abolitionists spoke in England o Frederick Douglass o William Lloyd Garrison Antislavery sentiment Publishing o The Massachusetts anti slavery society Petitions before Congress o Get ignored The Old South Hierarchical Black Belt o GA AL MS LA TX SC AR Masters subjugated slaves o Intimidation Slaves could be whipped could get away with murder o Christianity Slave Ownership 1860 25 of families owned slaves 3 000 families owned 100 10 000 families owned 50 270 00 families owned 10 Work Agriculture Shops Hotels Docks Factories e g Tredegar Iron Works Sundown to Sunup The slave has to work all day from sun up to sundown The slave family o Love o Protection o Education o Moral guidance o Cultural transmission o Role models o Basic support Community and culture Songs Musical instruments Dancing Story telling Religion Slaves and Church Plantation churches Masters social order o Masters determined slaves needed to go to church needed Christianity Clandestine meetings Shout o Preacher will preach and everyone will respond Christian Dichotomy Individual dignity o Slavery condemned Reward in the next life o Slavery tolerated o Reward in Heaven if you are a good obedient slave Slaves and Spiritual Music Judeo Christian themes A chosen people o Trust in God and his wisdom Bondage Deliverance Free Black Churches Richard Allen Minister Bishop AME Church fist independent black denomination in US 1816 o Still around today Baptist Roman Catholic o Baltimore o New Orleans o Oblates of Providence 1829 o Sisters of Holy Family 1837
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