African American in Demographic Perspective
What region of the states housed most of the Black population?
The south
These institutions gave Black communities a place for worship, education, and congregation.
What are churches?
Why did the democratization of voting rights for white men in the early 1800s often lead to Black disenfranchisement?
What is because states removed property requirements for whites while adding explicit racial restrictions to voting?
Name one of the prominent writers during this period.
Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and John Marrant
Who was the leader of the revolutionaries in the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint Louverture
Where did most Black people go after emancipation and why?
Urban areas for increased opportunity
Why did Black communities establish their own societies and churches instead of just joining white ones? (Multiple interpretations, general idea)
What is to preserve cultural traditions and create shared spaces for independence, leadership, and celebration of freedom?
Which party did Black voters generally support in the early republic, and why?
What is the Federalists, because they were more sympathetic to Black citizenship, supported antislavery societies, and offered urban economic opportunities?
What was one of the cities where annual celebrations were held marking the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Philadelphia, Boston
Gabriel's Rebellion
Which state in the mid-Atlantic failed to implement legislation for emancipation?
Delaware
What arrived in the South in the 1770s-1790s that allowed for the establishment of several Black churches?
What is the First Great Awakening?
How did Democratic Republicans attempt to weaken Black political influence in elections?
What is by using race-baiting rhetoric and intimidating Black voters at polling places?
What was the pamphlet Absalom Jones and Richard Allen about?
The persecution of black people following the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia.
What was the makeup of the broad coalition of support for Black Colonization?
Black - free black people, escaped slaves, and religious leaders
White - Abolitionists and defenders of slavery
What was the northwest ordinance and the courts ruling on it?
The northwest ordinance banned slavery in the territory but the courts ruled to protect slave owners property which included slaves owned before the ordinance and thier descendants, allowing for slavery to continue.
Baptists and Methodists
Who was Lemuel Haynes?
What is a minister, Revolutionary veteran, Federalist critic of slavery, who argued that true republicanism was impossible with the existence of slavery?
Where did Prince Hall work at and why was it being persecuted?
Grand Master at African Masonic Lodge; Boston's Independent Merger was claiming it to be called "St. Black's Lodge" and said they were improperly using Masonic rituals.
What are the two nations that originated as hot spots of Black Colonization?
Sierra Leone and Liberia
What was the northwest ordinance and the courts ruling on it?
The northwest ordinance banned slavery in the territory but the courts ruled to protect slave owners property which included slaves owned before the ordinance and thier descendants, allowing for slavery to continue.
The Haitian Revolution polarized the 2 American Political Parties at the time. What were the two parties and their respective policies?
Federalists - supported Haiti and built trade relationship
Democratic-Republicans - Opposed Haitian Revolution and supported diplomacy with France