1620s 1650s black and white indentured servants socialized together 1661 Virginia creates fugitive slave law first law to put punishment on slaves that ran away 1662 Another law mother s status if the mother was free then the child was as well and vice versa Slavery and freedom The beginning of slavery 1619 first African indentured servants 1669 slaves defined as property Chattel slavery Slaves treated like property English perceptions of Africans Stereotypes savages animal like lustful The color black evil dirtiness 1676 Bacon s Rebellion lead by Nathanial Bacon lead whites to kill Native Americans some blacks joined in as well Brought fear that white servants may lead to another rebellion Slaves codes After 1680 Virginians started making laws to control the slaves Slave codes listed in your book marriage between slaves was not recognized illegal to teach a slave to read and write Why did they create these codes Cotton Slavery was not inevitable Eli Whitney s cotton gin 1794 kept slavery in the south 19th century ideas about race Dr Samuel Morton 1839 Measured skulls of whites and blacks Skulls of white belonged to criminals Stereotypes Miscegenation Interracial marriage sex Ex Frederick Douglas and Helen Potts 1967 legalized nationally Resistance to slavery Ex Ring Shout Dance Post slavery Reconstruction 1865 1877 Pseudo science had results that white skulls were bigger than black skulls used to justify white superiority Nat Turner s Rebellion 1831 visions from god to start a rebellion went around and killed a lot of white people eventually got caught and was killed big retaliation from Turner s Rebellion about 200 slaves were killed The underground railroad running away Passive resistance pretend to be disabled pretend to be sick break farming equipment Having a life culture a way to resist being dehumanized religion music dance folklore poetry ports etc ex P B S Pinchback Robert Smalls served in state legislation for south Carolina and war hero in the civil war served in due to being sent in by master to be a sailor and work on a confederate Planned and executed taking over the ship and bringing it to the union served 17 battles Segregation not common Black politicians Black landowners small business owners Opposition and hate from white southerners Fed Officials and military kept order until 1877 Jim Crow Laws put segregation into written laws 1890 s trains Plessy vs Ferguson ruled separate but equal was valid Segregation Ida B Wells African American journalist Anti lynching activist bought in the ticket and sat in a white cart when the conductor came by she refused to move Rosa parks of the 1880 s and was picked up and forcibly moved to the other cart romanticized and glorified the KKK 1910 s and WWI Race relations worsened 1915 Birth of a Nation movie 1915 Rebirth of the KKK Racist and nativist WWII seeds of change WWI African Americans served with honor but still faced racism A civil rights spark Emmett Till age 14 August 28 1955 murdered body mutilated Mamie Till Bradley I wanted the world to see Media coverage Other catalysts Brown vs board of education Rosa Parks Montgomery bus boycotts dec 1955 1960 first lunch counter sit in 4 college students in Greenville S C Exam 1 Monday Feb 6th Will include Scots Irish Fri Feb 3rd 40 questions 1 extra credit questions Scantron bring a pencil Key terms on blackboard Think about why and how questions
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