Forces for Freedom
What year did the War of Independence end?
1783
What year did the U.S. Constitution go in to effect?
in 1789
What crop was by far the most important to the country as a whole?
Cotton
Who petitioned congress on behalf of Fugitives Facing Re-enslavement?
Absalom Jones
How many black sailors were apart of the military?
400
A strong trend in the North and the Chesapeake favored ________?
Emacipation
What is manumission?
Release from slavery
What was the price for hiding an enslaved slave?
$500
What women was an illiterate ,domestic servant who sued for her freedom in 1781 in Massachusetts?
Elizabeth Freeman
Name the 2 black regiments that the New York legislature authorized for African Americans enlisted in the military.
1. Freedom for African American soliders
2. Compensation to their masters
"It had roots in economic change, evangelic Christianity, and a revolutionary ethos based on the ____________ doctrines.
Enlightenment's natural rights doctrines.
What is the purpose of the Three Fifths Clause Compromise?
The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government
The U.S. Supreme court determined that ___________ were unconstitutional being that it interfered with the Fugitive Slave Act.
Personal liberty laws
A poet and orthodox Calvinist preacher who enjoyed the support of his master and never sought freedom. This person lived in Long Island, New York. What was his name?
Jupiter Hammon
Name a battle that the African American men fought in while serving the military.
Navel Engagement and/or The Battle of New Orleans
Maine was one state of the New England states of Massachusetts until it became a separate state in 1820. Name the other New England States of Massachusetts.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
How did many African Americans view the war of 1812?
As a second part of the struggle for independece
Used this for rope and bagging for cotton bales?
Hemp
What was Gabriel known for?
Masterminding a conspiracy to overthrow slavery in Virginia.
Most white southerners joined who in regarding African Americans as the internal foe?
John Randolph
Why did slavery collapse in New England?
because African Americans who lived there refused to remain in servitude and white New Englanders acquiesced.
What was the result of the Three Fifths Clause in the constitution?
It gave the south increased political power in the house of representatives
In what state was the Prince Hall Masons formed?
Boston
Who was the first Bishop of the organization of the first black church?
Richard Allen
Why specifically did southerners initially refuse to enlist their enslaved men in the military?
They feared that they would use their guns while revolting against slavery