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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  • Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    • Impressment - Captured + forced Americans into British Navy
    • HMS Leopard (Britain) attacked USS Chesapeake (US)
    • Jefferson protested to Britain → No effect (continued impressment)
  • Jefferson’s philosophy

    • Limit power of federal gov’t
    • Less gov’t spending (reduced size of military)
    • Pay off debts
    • Lowered tariffs + got rid of excise taxes
  • Effects of the War of 1812

    • NA lost land + pushed West
    • Expanded slavery + cotton production in South
    • No territory gained/lost by US + England
    • US became economically self-reliant + increased manufacturing
    • **Era of Good Feelings - One political party → No party conflict
  • Naval problems

    • Barbary pirates of Tripoli - Preyed on American + European commercial vessels
    • 1805 - Jefferson sent Navy + Marines to stop attacks

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