Slavery

who made a speech in support of slavery, arguing that it had civilised Black people and that there should be no compromise of slowing the rate of slavery

john c calhoun

what did Calhoun think slowing down slavery would do, rather than meeting a compromise

advance abolitionist rhetoric

who did Calhoun argue does not have control over the slavery question

congress

what does Calhoun argue has happened to slaves in slabeholding states

improved physically and morally

who argues that slaveholding has NOT degenerated the white race

john c calhoun

what did Calhoun recognise abolition sentiments were undermining

the union

who made an appeal about slavery in 4 articles

david walker

what does Walker think the African American slave is compared to slaves of the past

more wretched

what does Walker challenge about Americans because they practice slavery

their christianity

what does Walker as his reader, relates to the status of the slave, challenge to Jefferson’s arguments

are we MEN?

what does Walker say slavery is partly the consequence of, sort of presented as the fault of the slave

their own ignorance

what does Walker use to show that Black people are human

the bible

what emancipation plan does Walker oppose

colonisation of Liberia

who outlines a plan to repatriate slaves to Liberia

thomas jefferson

why does Jefferson argue for repatriation to Liberia

divisions are too deep between whites and Blacks

who makes an argument for ______ superiority of white people over Black people

thomas jefferson, physical and intellectual

Jefferson argues that mixture with whites has improved slaves’ bodies and minds, which shows

inferiority is not just due to condition of life

what does jefferson see Black people as to explain their inferiority

either a different species or made inferior by separation

what is slavery negatively impacting in the white population, who argues this

their manners, Jefferson

what does Jefferson argue will happen as children witness master-slave relations

they will learn to imitate it and become tyrants

who makes a 4thJuly speech and asks what it means to the slave

frederick douglass

what does Douglass praise about the 4th July, arguing it took courage and going against majority opinion

american rebellion against British rule

what does Douglass cite to show that everyone accepts the slave is a man

death penalty for many crimes, proves slaves are moral creatures

who criticises the Church for taking the side of the oppressers and supporting slavery

frederick douglass

who writes as the head of the ‘Society for the Friends of Negroes’

nicolas de condorcet

what were the issues facing the Society for the Friends of Negroes, who points these out

victims are suffering far away, no amount of money can ease suffering, nicolas de condorcet

does Nicolas de Condorcet still see Africans as less civilised, what does he point out

yes, africans are in constant conflcit

what does Nicolas de Condorcet argue made the conflict between african communities worse

european traders, gave them false gifts

what sort of defence will the Society for the Friends of Negroes provide for abolition, says who

moderate and calm defence, Nicolas de Condorcet

who writes the work ‘The Europeans go into Africa to buy men to cultivate the plantations’

Raynal

what are some of the practices of the slave trade that Raynal points out as cruel and horrible

journeys in wrong season, malnutrition and diseases on ships

“for slavery to be made useful, it must at least be made …”

humane, Raynal

what does Raynal suggest could be done to slaves to increase reproduction, be more humane and solve the labour crisis

release mothers who have raised lots of children up to the age of 6

does Raynal say he supports the slave trade, what position emphasises his beliefs about this

no, Minister of the Gospel

how is the slave trade negatively impacting the European population, who says this

men dying at sea, Raynal

what does Raynal show by examining the history of slavery

not natural or justified but a human intervention

why does Raynal think modern slavery is worse than ancient slavery

systematized, racialized, driven by profit

how does Raynal challenge the idea that slaves were just ‘sold’

the slave trade stimulates war

what idea does Raynal invoke to defend the rights of Africans

natural rights

who debated Douglas on the phrase ‘all men’ in the cosntitution and whether slavery should be permitted in the new territories

abraham lincoln

in accepting that the cosntitution means ‘all men’ including Black people, is Lincoln saying that all these men are equal

no

excluding the Black man from the decleration of independnce does what to him

dehumanizes him so much independence would be impossible, abraham lincoln

where does Abraham Lincoln think slave ownership should not be allowed

the new territories

who looks at Raynal’s work as a remarkable book, when few books were talking about slavery

anoush terjanian

who edited Raynal’s book 11 and made a stronger historical racialised account, who points this out

diderot, terjanian

what does terjanian argue Diderot and Raynal were essentially challenging

montesquieu’s arguments for the civilising effect of commerce

who points out that Raynal’s work is fundamentally ambivalent about slavery

terjanian

who looks at wage labour as a kind of domination, argued the abolition of slavery was the first step in a move to abolishing all master-slave relations

alex gourevitch

what trade union/campaign group does Alex Gourevitch look at

knights of labour

what does Alex Gourevirtch argue Republican theory is able to do

obscure its own theoretical basis in ideas of slavery

who challenges readings of the British abolition movement as simply changes to moral perception/inevitable

christopher leslie brown

what sort of explanation is often given of abolition movements, treats them as natural and tautological, challenged by …

stadial, christopher leslie brown

who argued the antislavery movement was a plot to distract from wage domination

william cobbett

who argues that the idea of liberty was essential for British people moving to the West Indies

Jack P Greene

in a society like the West Indies composed mostly of slaves, what was needed by British settlers and who says this

a sharp distinction of liberty, jack p greene

arguments about their own liberty meant that the British in the West Indies had to defend their enslavement on what grounds, says who

grounds other than legal grounds, jack p greene