slavery

Examples of slavery in the following topics:

• Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement

  • Slavery, including chattel slavery, was a legal institution in the US from the colonial period until the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution (1865).
  • Throughout this period many people worked to end slavery.
  • Abolitionists used several arguments against slavery.
  • Support for slavery remained the strongest in the southern states where slavery was an important economic institution for cotton and other agricultural industries strongest in the South.
  • Describe the history of slavery in the United States and early efforts at abolition

• The Politics of Slavery

  • While most Northerners were indifferent to slavery or opposed it for economic reasons, a growing number of abolitionists viewed slavery as immoral.
  • Slavery quickly became more economically viable on a large scale.
  • Though some in the North viewed slavery as a moral issue, most were indifferent.
  • Garrison founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1831 and the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) in 1833.
  • They argued that the Industrial Revolution had brought about a new type of slavery—wage slavery—and that this form of “slavery” was far worse than the slave labor used on southern plantations.

• Slavery in the North

  • Even though slavery was permitted, northern states characteristically had far smaller slave populations than the South.
  • The first U.S. region to abolish slavery was the Northwest Territory under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
  • In 1804, New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery.
  • Even though slavery was not a prevalent institution in the North, the commercial urban centers that sprang up in these colonies meant that most northerners had a vested stake in ensuring that American slavery flourished in the South.
  • Northern industry and commerce relied on southern cash crop production; therefore, while slavery was actively abolished in the North, most northerners were content to allow slavery to flourish in the southern states.

• Slavery

  • An example of modern slavery is much of the sex industry in Thailand.
  • Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by many societies.
  • Slavery predates written records and has existed in many cultures.
  • It is the most widespread form of slavery today.
  • Slavery is rare among hunter-gatherer populations, as slavery is a system of social stratification.

• The Old South

  • Constitution (1865) prohibited slavery throughout the country.
  • Though the Quaker establishment took no immediate action, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery was an unusually early, clear, and forceful argument against slavery and eventually led to the banning of slavery in the Society of Friends (1776) and in the state of Pennsylvania (1780).
  • For some that meant the immediate abolition of slavery because it was a sin to hold slaves and a sin to tolerate slavery.
  • Calhoun) referred to as their peculiar institution of slavery.
  • Few states prohibited slavery outright.

• Legal Changes to Slavery: 1777-1804

  • While the Constitution protected the slave trade through 1808, state legislatures in the North drafted several anti-slavery measures that challenged slavery as an American institution.
  • Through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, slavery was prohibited in the territories northwest of the Ohio River, while territories south of it (and Missouri) did allow slavery.
  • The Declaration of Independence also had prominent influence on the debate over slavery.
  • With the anti-slavery movement gaining momentum, defenders of slavery such as John Randolph and John C.
  • Describe the changes to the institution of slavery after the American Revolution

• Black and White Abolitionism

  • Abolitionists included those who joined the American Anti-Slavery Society or its auxiliary groups in the 1830s and 1840s.
  • Abolitionism, used as a single word, was a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal.
  • The fragmented anti-slavery movement included groups such as the Liberty Party; the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; the American Missionary Association; and the Church Anti-Slavery Society.
  • Antislavery as a principle was far more than just the wish to limit the extent of slavery.
  • This issue arose in the late 1840s after the publication of The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner.

• Abolitionists and the American Ideal

  • In the 1850s, slavery was established legally in the 15 states constituting the American South.
  • The Society fragmented in the 1830s and 40s into groups that included the Liberty Party, the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, the American Missionary Association, and the Church Anti-Slavery Society.
  • Antislavery as a principle was far more than simply the wish to limit slavery.
  • Most abolitionists tried to raise public support by citing the unlawfulness of slavery.
  • Some abolitionists claimed that slavery was not only criminal, but also a sin.

• The Politics of Slavery

  • Slavery was a contentious issue in the politics of the United States from the 1770s through the 1860s.
  • Slavery was a contentious issue in the politics of the United States from the 1770s through the 1860s.
  • As a result, the territories south of the Ohio River (and Missouri) continued to have full slavery.
  • What developed was a Northern geographic area that generally shared an anti-slavery culture.
  • Examine how the political debate over slavery impacted the 1860 Presidential Election

• Bleeding Kansas

  • Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery elements between 1854 and 1861.
  • Bleeding Kansas, or the Border War, was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Soilers and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements.
  • The Compromise of 1820 had prohibited slavery in all new territories from the 36 degrees, 30' north latitude line to the Canadian border, effectively banning slavery in the Kansas territory.
  • This created a fraudulent majority for pro-slavery candidates in the election.
  • Violence between the two groups escalated with pro-slavery groups attacking the town of Lawrence, while John Brown, a radical abolitionist led an attack on pro-slavery settlers nearby.