Chapter 14 - The Ramifications of Slavery
Peculiar Institution
- Created by John C. Calhoun
- ^^Was a euphemism used to avoid directly naming slavery^^
- Based on the belief that slavery was beneficial to US + slaves
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Cotton Kingdom
- 1800-1865
- Focused on the importance of cotton to Southern economies
- Southern economies had ideally suited climate for cash crops
- Inventions like the cotton gin + screw press made cotton production more efficient
- Raw material required by Britain + Northern textile factories
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Mason-Dixon Line
- Border between Maryland + Pennsylvania
- ^^Divided North + South to determine if territories were slave or free states^^
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Cotton Gin
- 1793
- Invented by Eli Whitney
- Used to quickly + efficiently produce more cotton
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Slave Codes
- Tolerated harsh punishment + murder of slaves
- Enforced white supremacy
- ^^Slaves were forbidden from owning their own property or traveling freely^^
- 1833 - Slave states toughened slave codes
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Manumission
- Formal freeing of slaves
- Manumission laws were eventually tightened to prevent increase of free African American population
- Practiced by few slave owners (most kept slaves until they died)
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Amistad
- ^^1839 - Slaves revolted on slave ship Amistad^^
- Helped by John Q. Adams
- After securing their freedom, they returned to Sierra Leone
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Christian Paternalism
- Southern revivals shared by slaves + slave owners
- Practicers of Christian paternalism treated their slaves better BUT were against manumission
- Believed that treating their slaves better would lead them to be more efficient + produce more cotton
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Gabriel Prosser
- ^^1800 - 1st leader of slave insurrection^^
- When his plans were leaked to the governor of Virginia, he was hanged
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Denmark Vesey
- Purchased his education + freedom
- After reading abolitionist literature, he became very dissatisfied with slavery
- 1822 - When it was discovered that he was planning a slave revolt, he was hanged
- Inspired John Brown
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Nat Turner
- ^^Led a successful slave uprising^^
- 1831 - After the rebellion he was captured and hanged
- Resulted in the South tightening their slave codes
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Frederick Douglass
- Abolitionist, author, orator
- 1841 - Wrote famous abolitionist speeches
- 1845 - Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Published the North Star, an abolitionist newspaper
- Advisor to John Brown + Abraham Lincoln
- Inspired abolitionists
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Sojourner Truth
- ^^Abolitionist orator^^
- 1826 - Escaped from slavery
- 1851 - Attended women’s rights convention
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Negro Spirituals
- Combination of African + American influences
- Used to mix African culture + the experience of being a slave
- Kept spirits high while slaves were forced to work in the fields
- Eventually used to send coded messages in the Underground Railroad
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Slave Society
- ^^The more property and slaves a person owned, the more powerful they were^^
- Slave posses were used to capture escaped slaves
- Acceptance of “peculiar institution”
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Black Codes
- Kept free African Americans “in their place”
- Prevented slave uprisings
- Led to much racism + discrimination
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Hinton R. Helper
- ^^__1857 __- Wrote The Impending Crisis of the South^^
- Attacked slave owners
- Believed slave states had a weak economy compared to free states
- Abolitionist message
- Was still racist, as he wanted to deport African Americans to Africa
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Positive Good Theory
- Created by John C. Calhoun
- Belief that slaves’ lives were “better” than Africans’ + Northern factory workers’ lives
- Belief that African Americans needed the guidance of whites, which made them acceptable to serve as slaves
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George Fitzhugh
- Promoter of the positive good theory
- ^^Believed that a slave society was an ideal society^^
- Wanted the expansion of slavery
- 1854 - Wrote Sociology for the South
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
- Editor + publisher of an abolitionist newspaper
- Killed by a mob in 1837
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William Lloyd Garrison
- ^^1831 - Published The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper^^
- Abolitionist societies
- Fully supported Civil War
- Beliefs in prohibition + women’s rights
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Harriet Tubman
- 1849 - Escaped slavery
- Leader of the Underground Railroad
- Guided 300+ slaves to freedom
- Nicknamed Moses
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Underground Railroad
- 1840 - Supported emancipation of slaves
- ^^1830-1860 - Helped 50,000+ slaves escape^^
- Slaves were helped along by Quakers + abolitionists
- Personal liberty laws protected escaped slaves
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American Colonization Society
- Founded in 1816
- ^^Had the goal of transporting free African Americans to Africa^^
- The Nat Turner rebellion eventually shut down African emigration
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BIG PICTURE
- Slavery + cotton shaped Southern society
- African slavery - “Positive good”
- Slaves developed unique culture
- Abolitionists called for end to slavery
- South - Pro-slavery + political tactics
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