AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Uncle Tom s Cabin and Domestic Slave Trade Outline of Current Lecture II Conspiracies and Insurrections III Running Away Current Lecture I Conspiracies and Insurrections 1712 Slave Revolt Africans and Native Americans armed with guns killed nine white people Rebellion in Stono S C where several dozen slaves killed unknown number of whites Gabriel o Organized a thousand slaves who began a march in Virginia o Governor called out militia and routed insurgents Denmark Vesey o Free carpenter in Charleston SC o Sought assistance from revolutionaries in Haiti as he organized an attack on Charleston for Bastille Day o Attack would involve thousands of slaves but it was revealed before it occurred o Vesey and lieutenants were hanged when they refused to tell their secrets Amistad o Africans being transported illegally from Cuba seized their ship Amistad and tried to return to Africa o Landed on Long Island and captured by US Coast Guard and taken to Connecticut for trial o Amistad case reached US Supreme Court and freed them o Mutiny Aboard the Amistad Painting was created by Cinque Nat Turner o Literate slave preacher that organized the most deadly American slave revolt that occurred in Southampton County Virginia o Felt that God designated him as the liberator of the enslaved through shedding of white people s blood o Killed 59 white people in two days 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 Gabriel Denmark Vesey Cinque and Nat Turner became heroes to black people and gave new meaning to word bad Bad A person of strength and bravery a good person Running Away Slaves ran away to escape whippings sale and other misfortune Some took refuge with neighboring free blacks others spent long periods in wild places ex Great Dismal Swamp Runaway slaves numbered in thousands Southern newspapers carried ads for capture of runaways and offered rewards Running away Heroic means of becoming free Sought permanent freedom o Left families and work sites and had to travel very long distances o Volunteers helped them along the route Underground Railroad Underground Railroad o Large network of about 3 200 people in North and West who helped fugitives make their way to freedom o Southern and Border States Quakers and other church people afforded fugitives refuge o Black churches and free African Americans offered most dependable shelter o Railroad reach as far north as Michigan and into Canada o Number of slaves to pass through Philadelphia before Civil War was about 9 000 o Fugitive Slave Act Troops called out to take fugitives from black and white abolitionists Use of armed governments polarized the opponents and supporters of slavery Harriet Tubman Moses of her People o Physically strong worker who seized her own freedom o Best known guide to freedom mythic heroine of slave era o Route of escape took her to Philadelphia where she worked to finance return to Maryland for her sister o Went back to Maryland 19 times to rescue people o Planters offered 40 000 for her capture o One of historical figures that black artists depict most often