AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Ethnic and Racial Identities Outline of Current Lecture II Black Soldiers in American Revolution III Petitioning for Emancipation and Civil Rights IV Haitian Revolution Current Lecture I II Black Soldiers in American Revolution Anthony Benezet o Organized the world s first antislavery society in Pennsylvania Declaration of Independence Attracted many black Americans to the cause of American Independence Crispus Attucks o First martyr to the American cause o Died in Boston Massacre o Black men seized time and petitioned in Massachusetts General Court for their emancipation Both enslaved and free men fought in revolutionary battles o Lexington Concord and Bunker Hill Washington forbade new enlistment of black troops for battles o British policy and pressing need for manpower forced Washington to reverse his ban within a month o British commanders offered black men freedom in exchange for enlistment New England Blacks more likely to fight for American Independence North Enslaved Unfree workers to advantage of war and ran away from their owners South Enslaved black people applied natural rights to own situation that was seen in Declaration of Independence and declared themselves free War disrupted existing arrangements of everyday life and work African Americans served both sides of Revolutionary War Petitioning for Emancipation and Civil Rights 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 III 1770 s Black people sent petitions to Northern legislatures to demand emancipation o Brought Northern legislatures to face issues of slavery and emancipation o Black Americans embraced American ideology of democracy and equality Massachusetts abolished slavery and this affected the territory of Maine Freedom was issued from American Revolution in Northern states and Western territories United States Constitution approached institution of slavery indirectly by avoiding words like salve or slavery Property Rights Code phrase for slave ownership 1793 Fugitive Slave Act Allowing owners and agents to pursue fugitives across state lines 3 5th Clause Allowed states to count the enslaved as persons held to service as threefifths a person Black suffrage became a revolutionary issue in two Northern states o New York and North Carolina allowed black male property owners to vote Vermont Only state that never allowed slavery Black Americans Excluded segregated and attacked Questioned future in US Free African Union Society of Rhode Island o Decided to establish own country in Africa o Linked up with 75 black Bostonians led by Prince Hall o Prince Hall Founder of first African American lodge of Freemasons Made petition to request aid in emigrating to Africa Petition was not granted The Haitian Revolution World s first slave led revolution occurred in Haiti Created America s second republic French Declaration of Rights announced o men are born and remain free and equal in their rights Toussaint L Ouverture o Devoted Catholic o Led the Haitian Revolution o Defeated French opponents pro slavery Spanish and British forces Haitian Revolution was beacon of hope and Toussaint was a hero White majority demography in US made it impossible for blacks to successfully emulate Haitian s revolution