Lecture 3/31- Slave Rebelliono Nat turnero 1831o Virginiao 60 whites killedo Over 200 blacks killed- Free Blackso 1820: 233,500o 1860: 488,000o Natural Increaseo Escapeso “Passing”o Purchasing freedomo Manumissiono Women – Domesticso Urban Communities Schools Benevolent Societies Separate Churches- Restrictions on Slaveso Moving abouto Readingo Writing- Transoceanic Reformo Abolitionists spoke in England Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison- Anti Slavery Sentimento Publishingo Petitions before congress- The old southo Hierarchicalo Black Belt GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, SC, ARo Masters subjugated slaves Intimidation Christianity- Worko Agricultureo Shopso Hotelso Dockso Factories- The slave familyo Loveo Protectiono Educationo Moral Guidanceo Cultural Transmissiono Role Modelso Basic Support- Community and Cultureo Songso Musical Instrumentso Dancingo Story Telling- Slaves and Churcho Plantation churcheso Masters: Social Controlo Clandestine Meetings- Christian Dichotomyo Individual Dignity Slavery Condemnedo Reward in the next life Slavery tolerated- Slaves and Spiritual Musico Judeo-Christian Themeso A chosen peopleo Bondageo Deliverance- African American Churcheso Richard Alleno Ministero Bishopo AME Church – first independent black denomination in US(1816)- Free Black Churcheso African Methodist Episcopal (AME)o Baptisto Roman Catholic Baltimore New Orleans Oblates of Providence (1829) Sisters of Holy Family (1837)Lecture 4/3- South Self Viewo Values of Planter Classo Courtesy, refinement, hospitality chivalryo Racial Distinctionso Paternalistic Relationshipso Belief in local political powero Fear of slave revolt- Classeso Wealthy planterso Yeoman Farmerso SlaveholdSlaveholder- Antislaveryo William lloyed Garrison 1831 Liberatoro American Colonization society Africa (Liberia)- Economics 0f slaveryo Agricultural shifo Growth of cottono Internal slave trade- Expansion of cottono Lando Laboro Demando Domestico Export 1815 – 1860 > 50% of US- Cottono Eli Whitneyo Cotton Gin- Profit in cottono Growerso Shipperso Agentso Financierso Manufacturers- Harriet Beecher Stoweo Abolitionisto Uncle toms cabin- Women in the homeo Influenced by morality and religiono Nurturing childreno Fathers remained head of householdo Smaller families- Childreno The poor workedo Farm children worked- Tax supported educationo Required attendanceo Horace Mann Grade schools Teacher traininho Three Rso Protestant ethic Industry Punctuality Sobriety Frugality- Bookso McGuffreys Eclcectic Readingso Enforced Lessons- Health reformso Institutional reform Asylums Prisons Poorhouses- Dorothea Dixo 1802-1887o Reformero LegislationLecture 4/5- Anti Slaveryo Oberlin College Bastion of Abolitionism Women and Men Blacks and Whites- Abolitionistso Threatened established societyo Not always welcome in northern citieso Frequently threatened- Black Abolitionistso Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman\o Frederick Douglass North Star(1847)- Sojourner Trutho Isabella Baumfreeo Born a slave in NJYo Recovered son peter from ALo Aint I a Woman?- Anti Slavery Petitionso American Anti Slavery Societyo 1835-1838o Petitions to Congresso >50% signatures of women- Womens Issueso World anti slavery convention 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Motto Not Heard- Seneca Falls Convention 1848o Motto Stantono Frederick Douglass Womens Sufferage- Declaration of Sentimentso Based on DOIo What rights were stated?o What grievances were statedo Repeated injuries and ururpationso Who signed it?- Reformo Utopian Communitieso Transcendentalist movement- Two Party Systemo Democrats State Power Oppose Privilege Low tariffs Low land Prices South and West Small Farmers Urban Laborers Separate politics from morality Individual freedom Drinking ok Tolerant of Slaveryo Whigs National Power Support US Bank Internal improvements High Tarrifs New England, Mid Atlantic Wealthy Planters Businessmen Religion and morals Temperance Anti Slavery Public Educationo Trans Mississippi Westo Who moved west? Farmers Prospectors Land Speculators Merchants Professionals Evangelistso Europeans in Ts Mississippi West Spain (1819 Adams Onis Treaty)- Texas – spain- Florida – US Britain (Canada, Oregon) Mexico- Mexican independenceLecture 4/7o TEXAS Mexico Populates Texas- Land- Mexican Citizenship- Catholicismo By 1830 15000 White Americans 1000 slaves\ 5000 Tejanoso TEXAS Mexico Outlawed- Slavery – 1829- Further American 1836- Alamo- Goliad- San Jacinto- Lone Star
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