Slavery and republicanism Flashcards
1
Q
Slavery contradicted
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The republican rhetoric
The free country with the enslaved people
2
Q
Slavery was an
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Integral part of the republic
3
Q
Slavery helped elevate
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White class conflict
Racially distinct people united the different white classes
4
Q
African slaves represented
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Everything being white is not
White republican identity
5
Q
Whiteness and blackness
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Social constructs
6
Q
Slavery united classes because
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Planters/lower class neighbours began to see themselves as one and the same
Prevented rebellions
7
Q
Republican rhetoric grew powerful as the slave trade grew powerful
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Those involved in the rhetoric were known and powerful slaveholders
8
Q
Enslaved people had the lowest class place
A
Republican virtue only tied to independence
Slaves were not free and thus not virtuous
