Just A Thought
The first 20 Africans were brought to the Virginia colony by a pirate ship, the White Lion, when it was running out of food. They stopped at Virginia and traded 20 of the 60 slaves they stole from the slave ship, Bautista, for food.
Who ordered for the first slaves to be brought to the Virginia colony?
The first African slaves were not ordered or sent for by anyone in the Virginia colony. They were brought to the colony by a pirate ship, the White Lion, to exchange for food.
The first public protest against slavery.
What is the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery?
Invented over three hundred uses for the peanut
Who is George Washington Carver?
This group was formed in 1854 by people leaving three other groups for the sole purpose of ending slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
The Republican Party was formed in 1854 from people of Democrat, Whig, and Free Soilers Parties, who wanted to see an end to the expansion of slavery and eventually the end of slavery all together.
The number of Black Towns created in the United States.
What is 88 - 200?
Researchers estimate 88 to 200 all-Black towns were created throughout America. Though several were destroyed through violence and/or expulsion by hateful angry mobs, around 60 Black towns are still in existence.
The number of African slaves on the ships from England to the Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
What is zero?
There were no African slaves on the English ships to the New World in 1607. They did not arrive until 1619. Nor were there African slaves on the English ships in 1620 or 1630. England was in the slave trade, they could have brought slaves with them. (Just a thought: If the colonies wanted to begin with slavery, why were slaves not brought over with them from the beginning?)
The first known radical abolitionist against slavery of the 1730's.
Who was the Quaker Benjamin Lay?
Invented the three-way traffic signal
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
Fredrick Douglass and all black people registered to vote were a part of this Party.
What is the Republican Party?
In 1923 it was rebuilt and more successful than when it was hatefully destroyed.
What happened to Black Wallstreet after it was destroyed in 1921?
This event led to the increase of the importation of African slaves into the Virginia colony, and it led to racial class division.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Helped over 3,000 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Levi Coffin?
While Harriet Tubman heroically led over 300 slaves to freedom, Levi Coffin is known as "The father of the Underground Railroad" because he and his wife helped and took care of thousands of slaves as they journeyed to freedom. Harriet Tubman and Levi Coffin were part of a network of many people, White and Black, who brought slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Invented fire extinguishing foam.
Who is Percy Lavon Julian
The 1944 court case Smith v. Allwright ordered this party to allow Black people to vote in their primaries.
What is the Democrat Party?
Hiram Revels in September of 1870.
Who was the first Black congressman in the United States?
Ancient place where chattel slavery was foundational and widespread.
What is Greece?
Chattel slavery is when slaves were treated as property. This was not exclusive to America, but had been going on in other cultures, like Greece, throughout history.
After reading the US Constitution, this man concluded that it was a "glorious document" which did not advocate for slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Invented the Super Soaker.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
It aligns with the person's values.
Is there a best political party to be a part of?
No political party is the answer. However, every American citizen should vote. And our votes should line up with our values, if we want to see true change that will keep our personal freedoms of religion, entrepreneurship, landownership, etc.
There were 19 states that prohibited it, but 16 of those states never allowed it.
What states prohibited slavery?
There were no Black men in Congress in 1863, 1865, 1868, and on February 3, 1870.
How many Black congressmen voted for the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the 13th Amendment (1865), the 14th Amendment (1868), and the 15th Amendment (ratified in Feb. 3, 1870)?
It was white Republican congressmen who wrote the bills, fought for the votes, and voted for these Amendments concerning the freedom, citizenship, and voting rights for Black people. At that time, every Democrat congressman voted against them.
Over 3,000 known people fought against slavery, over 175 of them were Black.
How many known abolitionists were there?
The list of some of these abolitionists can be found at the American Abolitionists' website.
Invented the automated shoe lacing machine.
Who is Jan Earnst Matzeliger?
The KKK were the henchmen for this party, and every KKK member was a part of it.
What is the Democrat Party?
The 13th Amendment should rather be celebrated because it really ended slavery in all states.
Why should the 13th Amendment be celebrated rather than Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is in recognition of the Emancipation Proclamation, which only freed the slaves in the states that had seceded from the Union. However, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in all the slave holding states. And Juneteenth only refers to what happened in Texas. All the other seceded states abided at the time.