Deck 2 Flashcards
How did the first Africans come to America?
They came as indentured servants. For free Africans at that time, the laws were the same for everyone for 40 years
How were indentured Africans and Europeans treated?
They were treated as equals and equally oppressed no matter what color their skin.
How did the European colonists describe themselves
They saw themselves as being English or Christian
What was an asiento
Rights or permission to trade granted by the pope
Wh did las casas suggest that the native Americans should be replaced with Africans
Because the native Americans were either killed off or ran away and Africans could work in hot weather because they were used to it.
How did early forms of enslavement in Greece, Rome, and Egypt differ from the European form of chattel slavery in American colonies
Ancient slavery had nothing to do with race. It was justified by rules of war or if someone was a criminal. English form of slavery dealt with race and was very harsh
What was the triangle trade and why is it referred to as that name
The trade between u.s. Europe and Africa which created a triangle shape so it was called triangle trade. This trade brought Africans to America as slaves and took goods to Europe.
What was prejudice based on from around 1612 to 1660 in the American colonies
It was based on socioeconomic class and not color
Why were only Africans enslaved?
Africans were perceived to be strong, better resisted to heat, had farming skills, and couldn’t protest.
Why did Africans allow enslavement to happen?
They practiced domestic slavery so they didn’t think they would be treated to poorly. Also, Africans wanted guns and iron pots from Europe. Europeans caused wars between Africans to get POWs.
Who was las casas
He traveled with Columbus and was a priest and may have wrote Columbus’s journal because Columbus may have been illiterate.
What does Bennett mean by “equality of oppression?”
Indentured servants were equally treated badly no matter the color of the skin and beaten equally
What did the slave codes forbid?
Meetings of large groups of Africans, being legally married, learning to read and write or own land were all prohibited so they could not rebel
Who was toussaint L’Ouverture and what did he do that made him important in both the u.s. and African American history?
He led a successful revolt and gained independence for Haiti from the French making it the first independent country in the west which led to the French selling the u.s. the Louisiana purchase.
What was seasoning of Africans
Splitting up cultures and languages of African people to prevent them from communicating with each other and rebelling against slave owners
who was gabriel prosser? denmark vesey?
African American men who tried to lead slave revolts but were betrayed. Prosser was in Richmond and Vesey was in Charleston SC
Why didn’t George Washington and the colonists want enslaved Africans to fight in the Revolutionary War?
Afraid they would run away, afraid they didn’t know how to fight, and whites didn’t want to fight alongside black men
Who were Benjamin Banneker and Phillis Wheatley?
Banneker wrote the almanac, designed Washington D.C., was a mathematician and wrote Jefferson about why slavery is okay. Wheatley wrote the first book about an African and was the second book published in the U.S.
Who was Dred Scott?
An enslaved man who tried to sue for his freedom but “He didn’t have the right to sue” according to the courts
Who was Lord Dunmore?
He was part of the British governement who recruited Africans for the British army during the Revolutionary War
Explain how some people resisted enslavement?
Violent revolts led by Prosser, Vesey, and Brown as well as non violent methods like newspapers, the underground railroad, and abolitionist speeches
had abolitionist newspapers
Russworm, Cornish, Douglass
started the abolitionist newspaper called, “The North Star”
Fredrick Douglass
What was the three-fifths compromise?
The agree about how slaves counted toward a state’s population. The slaves were counted as 3/5 of a man for voting purposes.
What was Lincoln’s position on emancipation for enslaved Africans?
Lincoln felt slavery was morally wrong but he did not want to decide whether the slaves should be free or not. He drafted the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862.
Explain the term abolitionists and name two
Abolitionists were people working to end slavery like John Brown and Fredrick Douglass
What was the reason for the Civil War?
To save the union according to Lincoln but it was also about slavery.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A document written by Lincoln that freed all enslaved Africans in confederate states
What was the Freedman’s Bureau designed to do?
To address economic and social needs and aid the poor by setting up schools and hospitals. They also helped people find a way to make a living and DISTRIBUTE LAND!
Why did the northern states abolish slavery?
Economic changes because the north was mostly industry while the south was agricultural so slaves weren’t as needed in the north.
Which college was the only one established by the U.S. government for blacks?
Howard University
Who was Jim Crow?
Practice of discrimination against blacks and it was not a person, it was just a black code.
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments provide for?
Hope that African Americans would gain equality. 13th outlawed slavery, 14th gave equal protection under the law and citizenship, 15th gave African American males the right to vote
What were the “black codes”?
Laws that replaced slave codes and segregated blacks from whites after the civil war. Could not own gun or property, prevented voting, could be arrested for insulting whites.
Name three people who traveled West and what they did?
James Beckwourth - discovered a pass through the Sierra Nevadas. Jean Baptiste Du Sable founded Chicago. Mary Fields was the first female post carrier and delivered mail in the West.
Who was Martin Delaney? What did he advocate?
African American physician and commisioned officer in the army who advocated blacks going back to Africa because he felt that Africans would never have equality in the U.S.
What was Reconstruction?
After the civil war when the south was being rebuilt. Reconstruction Acts were written and Freedman’s Bureau was supposed to distribute land.
What group established a school for African American children in 1774?
The abolitionist society in Philadelphia
