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The problem of slavery in a 'free' society
Key commodities 1,
Servitude vs free labour 2,
Key locations 3
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Bacon's rebellion 1676
Freed servants were given land on 1,
Virginian freeholders 2,
Nathaniel bacon led a group who 3
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Slavery or indentured servant
Slavery vs indentured servant tim...,
Slavery was 2,
Declining mortality made 3
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Importation of slaves
Slaves came from 1,
Slaves were seized by 2,
Captives were 3
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Slavery and republicanism
Slavery contradicted 1,
Slavery was an 2,
Slavery helped elevate 3
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Industrial growth in the north
Divisions between states 1,
The north had 2,
First successful cotton mill intr...
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The Lowell system
Used plans lowell had smuggled ou...,
First fully working mill introduc...,
Mills were aided by a 3
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King Cotton of the South
North moved into urban industrial...,
Climate in the south was hot 2,
Late 18thc tobacco growing in oth...
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Plantation system
Did not grow with the increase of...,
Plantation definition 2,
Plantation was 3
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Slaveholders as a class
Planters lived well 1,
Most slaveholders did not 2,
South carolina had 3
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Yeoman farmers
Farmed traditionally 1,
Did not own 2,
Hoped to one day 3
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Life at the bottom in the south
Lived on the 1,
Were extremely 2,
Their background was 3
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Free African Americans
Small population 1,
Slavery influenced 1,
Slave population 2
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Political history of slavery
Racial slavery made 1,
Slavery was very important 2,
Political manoeuvres were deployed 3
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Northwest Ordinance, 1787
Discussion on 1,
Jefferson opposed 2,
The ordinance 3
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Northern emancipation, 1777-1804
Northern states 1,
Vermont 2,
Massachusetts 3
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Southern emancipation
Some slaveholders 1,
Virginia 2,
Emancipation depended on 3
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Early federal conflicts 1790-1808
New york and pennsylvania quakers 1,
Thomas scott quote from pennsylva...,
Demonstrated how it was 3
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Missouri Compromise, 1820
1819 states 1,
1820 missouri 2,
Maine also 3
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Different white abolitionist groups
Abolition 1,
Quakers protestant religious sect...,
Quakers were from 3
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White and black abolitionists
Many white people wanted to 1,
Abolition amongst whites was popu...,
White abolitionists tended to be 3
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The proslavery argument
Proslavery argument arose in the ...,
George fitzhugh 2,
View that the african american was 3
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Women's culture
Women s culture referred to 1,
Middle class ideal did not mean 2,
Mill girls african and native ame...
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Gendered work
Work divided by gender 1,
Gender defined as 2,
Home became 3
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The cult of true womanhood
The cult of true womanhood concept 1,
True womanhood operated like 2,
Welter argued the cult of true wo...
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The cult of true womanhood in Catharine Beecher's work
Catharine beecher s work 1,
Reiteration of true womanhood 2,
Emphasised piety 3
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Temperance movement
Forces outside the home 1,
Movement sought to control 2,
1830 3
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Women and the abolitionist movement
Insistence of the evilness of sla...,
Movement was organised with 2,
1840s 50s 3
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Women's rights convention
Convention happened in 1,
Seneca falls declaration 2,
Wanted a change 3
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Western expansion
Western settlement 1,
Texas 1821 moses austin 2,
Texas 1823 4 3
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Election of 1844
John tyler allowed 1,
Tyler s supporters 2,
Rumours spread to the south 3
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Mexican-American war, 1846-47
Mexico never 1,
Provoked a war 2,
25th april 1846 3
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California
Independent republic 1,
1847 2,
American invaded mexico city 3
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The compromise of 1850
1848 new president elected 1,
Taylor lacked political skills 2,
After 6 months compromise passed 3
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Change in the north 1840s/50s
Industry in the 1840s 1,
Industrial exportation of goods b...,
1860 more industrial workers 3
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North fear of a slave power conspiracy
Fugitive slave law of 1850 1,
Uncle tom s cabin harriet beecher...,
Suggestion of the disconnected in...
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Kansas/Nebraska act and Bleeding Kansas
Disagreements over the 1,
Kansas nebraska act created 1854 2,
Southern congressmen asked to 3
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Dred Scott decision
Dred scott and his family 1,
The decision was 2,
Scott s argument was 3
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Growing separation between the north and south
Growing isolation in the south 1,
North opposed slavery as 2,
Many southerners felt trapped 3
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Political events leading to the secession
John brown went on tour 1859 1,
John brown gathered money from 2,
Brown and 21 other individuals in...
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South's secession from the union 1860
First state to leave union 1,
By the end of january 1861 2,
The seceded states declared thems...
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American Civil War 1861-1865
Civil war was a bloodbath 1,
Battle of antietam 17 september 1...,
620 000 deaths altogether 3
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North's army
1861 16 000 troops remained faith...,
Called for more 2,
Soldiers were 3
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South's army
Had a greater number of volunteers 1,
Saw the war as a test of bravery 2,
South heavily outnumbered 3
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African American arguments for abolition
African american activists wanted 1,
African american abolitionists at...,
Congress passed an act that anyon...
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Southern surrender at Appomattox
Appomattox in 1,
War continued for ______ post ema...,
9th april 1865 3
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Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Jefferson 1,
Jefferson owned 2,
Hemings and jefferson had 3
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Slave narratives
Important genres of writing withi...,
White privilege is exposed in 2,
Texts rely on broader cultural lo...
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