African American History 1619-1850 Flashcards
What is “The Peculiar Institution”?
Plantation system introduced
after 20 West Africans were brought to Jamestown 1619
What is the Middle Passage?
triangular trade system
journey of slaves from Africa > Carribean and North US plantations
What triangular trade sstem was established in the 17th century?
EU goods (guns, knives, tools) > Africa Africa slaves > US US goods (rum, sugar, rice, cotton) > EU
Which staple crops were planted by the slaves on plantations in Southern North America?
idigo rice sugar cotton tobacco
Which colony was the first one to offically recongize slavery?
Massachusetts
Which colony and why was the first one to ban the import of slaves?
Pennsylvania
Leader William Penn Quaker-thinking
Which clause in the orginial draft was omitted in the actual Declaration of Independence?
anti-slavery clause
What was the role of Blacks during the Civil War?
5,000 black soldiers fight on American Side
Which state was the first one to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Which state granted freedom to all slaves who fought against BR in War of Independence?
Virginia
What were indentured servants?
People who want to immigrate but can’t pay passage
> master pays for passage
> servants have to work for masters for some time to pay off
> then free
What were manumitted slaves?
Slaves freed by master
Which insitution did free blacks establish in the North?
African Methodist Episcopial Church (A.M.E.)
How are slaves seen in the United States Consitution?
slaves as property
Which invention by whom required in 1793 even more slaves?
Invention of cotton gin
by Eli Whitney
What happened in Gabriel’s Rebellion in 1800?
not successful rebellion
1000 slaves plan to attack Richmond, Virginia
When did African slave trade officially end?
1808
What was used instead of importing slaves?
slave breeding
grwoth of the domestic slave trade
What did the Slave Codes say?
slaves are not allowed to learn how to read and write
brutal punishment for misbehavior
How and why was Liberia founded in West Africa?
The American Colonization Society establishes terrioty of Liberia for free or manumited blacks
What did Nat Turner do?
revolt in Virginia
later hanged
When was the Abolitionist Movement?
1830s to 1860s
What was the underground railroad?
white abolitionists establish system
houses for shelter as stations to make their way to the North
Who was Harriet Tubman?
black slave using the underground railroad and helping hundreds of other slaves
What did the Dred Scott decision by the US SUpreme Court decide?
opens federal (western) territory to slaver denies citizenship to black Americans
Name some important African AMerican Writing
Frederick Douglass Harriet Stowe Phillis Wheatly Harriet Jacobs Harriet Wilson
