Ch.1
The act of freeing the slaves.
What is "Manumission"
"The act of putting an end to a system, practice or institution."
What is "Abolition"
"The pursuit or defense of something, in an extreme or passionate way that is seen beyond normality"
What is "Fanaticism"
What is Eli Whitney's new invention that was mentioned in Chapter 2?
What is the "Cotton Gin"
Which 2 states were widely talked about within Chapter 2?
Who are "South Carolina" and "Georgia"
________ Published "The Ideological Origins of The American Revolution", (1967)
Who is "Benard Bailyn"
"The theory that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group."
What is "Environmentalism"
What was the first of the five interlocking Factors in the 1770s and 1780s that made it the "opportune time to abolish slavery
What is that "It was the era where the attitudes towards getting rid of the "peculiar institution" within American Society was the strongest."
______ had a "disturbing" dream that was influenced by Thomas Clarkson's book "Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of Human Species
Who is "Benjamin Rush"
The method of ending slavery by paying slave owners in exchange for their freedom.
What is "Compensated Emancipation"
Who wrote the draft of "A Fundamental Constitution for the Common Wealth of Virginia."
Who is "Thomas Jefferson"
Founded by Philadephia Quakers in 1775, this was the first anti-slavery organization in the United States.
What is "The Pennsylvania Abolition Society"
A colony located in Virginia was mentioned many times throughout the book regarding its ideas of abolishing slavery in one way or another.
What is the "Chesapeake Colony"
What slave revolt caused Farmers to fear a revolution among their own slaves?
What is the "St.Domingue Rebellion"
What southernmost northern state was considered, the center of "Enlightenment humanitarianism" in North America.
What is "Pennsylvania"
This Pamphlet, written by James Otis, was written in 1764, just 3 years before the Massachusetts General Court debated a bill "to prevent the unwarrantable & unusual Practice of enslaving Mankind in Province."
What is the "Rights of the British Colonist."
A spiritual transformation that can occur in a variety of religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
What is "Religious rebirth"
"A governing body for the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution"
What is the "Continental Congress"
What law passed in Pennsylvania gained significant notice as the first of its kind, and was praised for "exemplifying the spirit of enlightened reform in the Revolutionary era."
What is the "Abolition law of 1780"
Who made multiple attempts to impliments "gradual" emancipation
Who is "St. George Tucker"
______ argues that the plight of the slaves " did not command much attention."
Who is "Donald Robinson"
The preamble of the ______________ constitution passed in 1776, that vowed: "that all men are born equally free and independent, and that they have certain natural inherited, and inalienable rights".
What is the "Pennsylvania constitution"
How did the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s affect historians?
Created more interest among historians, regarding the race problems within the 17th and 18th century
What minister of the First Presbyterian Church and denominational leader in the mid-Atlantic colonies, was convinced by 1768, that "the Common father of all men will severely plead a Controversy against these Colonies for Enslaving Negros and keeping their children, born British subjects, in perpetual slavery."
Who is "The Reverend Francis Allison"
The protege of George Washington.
"Who is Ferdinando Fairfax"