Slavery
What were conditions like on the British Slave Ships?
The conditions were terrible/inhumane/unbearable.
When did the slave trade end?
Early 1800s (1808)
How did some Southerners use racial differences to justify slavery?
Some Southerners said that whites were smarter and that God intended for some people to be masters over other people.
And yet still, because of the huge importance of cotton, the South remains the wealthiest part of the nation. Both North and South are jealous of political power. Each wants to dominate the government in Washington.
Dominate—to control someone or something
Why was it illegal to teach slaves to read or write?
People were trying to keep slaves from thinking and from making trouble or being dissatisfied.
The issue of slavery divided which sides of the U.S. ?
The northern states vs. southern states
Why were there so many more slaves in the South than the North?
In the South, there were large farms and the crops, such as cotton and tobacco, required lots of workers. In the North, smaller farms didn’t use as many workers.
Abolition! Back in 1765 Americans had shouted the word. Before the Revolution it was the hated British stamp tax the colonists wanted to abolish. Then the word began to be used with a new meaning.
Abolition—banning of slavery
What does the Virginia Black Code say?
Slaves are property, not people.
People will be liable for indictment if they teach slaves how to read or write.
Which state was made in result of the Missouri Compromise? Free? or Slave State?
Maine
Free state
What did James Henry Hammond think about ending slavery?
Hammond said that slavery should not end because it would cost Southern slaveholders too much, both because of the value of the slaves and because they would also not be able to work their large plantations.
Immigrants and ideas and inventions are beginning to change the North. The South will be left out of much of that excitement.
Immigrants—those who enter another country to live there permanently
What were the three main steps involved in the triangular slave trade?
Tobacco was shipped from the states to England, where it was traded for guns and rum, which were brought to Africa in exchange for humans. The humans were brought across the Atlantic to America.
What actions occurred for the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri wanted to be a slave state; to keep the power equal in congress Maine is carved from Massachusetts and made a free state.
What is the debate in the abolition movement over how slavery should end?
The debate is over how soon slavery should end and whether or not slave owners should be paid for their slaves.
What do the italicized words mean?
“I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much lauded dogma of Mr. Jefferson that ‘all men are born equal.’ No society has ever yet existed without a natural variety of classes. Slavery is truly the cornerstone and foundation of every well-designed and durable republican edifice.”
Repudiate—to refuse to accept or continue with something
Lauded dogma—firm beliefs that are praised
Durable—lasting
Edifice—a building