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Why did some northern states abolish slavery during the Revolution? (3)
- African American efforts to bring court cases e.g. Massachusetts
- weren’t as economically dependent on it
- some saw contradictions in fighting for liberty against British yet enslaving people at home
Name and date an example fo a gradual emancipation scheme after the Revolution
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
Pennsylvania 1780
What did the gradual emancipation act do?
- prohibited further importation of slaves into the state
- those enslaved in PA before the law went into effect remained enslaved for life
How many slaves in PA? When is the final slave freed?
1840 64 slaves
1847
When was the formal end to the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
1808
US appeared able to meet domestic needs for slaves , no need to import
Why did the end to the international slave trade benefit slave holders?
- made current slaves roe valuable
- increased prices fo their slaves which made them wealthier
- imported slaves are more likely to rebel
When was the invention of the cotton gin? What did it lead to (2) ?
1793
- led to 50-fold increase in output of cotton in US, much more profitable
- leads to increase in slavery as South becomes world leader of producing cotton which is all being grown by slaves
What is the St Domingue uprising?
- 15:1 Slaves : French colonist
- 1793 Self-liberated slaves overran main seaport
1804 Haiti declaired independence
Why does the St Domingue uprising matter to Americans?
- French in debt so negotiate Louisiana Purchase
- makes US one of the largest nations in the world (doubles in size)
- slave owners increasingly move west to establish plantations, slavery booming west
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
1803 Napoleon agrees to sell area west of Mississippi River to the USA for $15 mil
What is the impact of the growing internal slave trade of slave families?
children taken from parents, families couples etc separated
3/4 of all slaves sold as individuals
What does Jefferson believe?
- rural independence - idealised self-sufficiency
- thinks Louisiana purchase will help strengthen this ideal
When is the Era of Good Feelings and what does this mean?
1815-1825
Proceeding the Jeffersonian era as Republicans controlled national gov for 3 presidents in a row: Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
Which case did Cherokee stand up against relocation?
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1832
SCOTUS said they couldn’t do anything
