The Half That's Never Been Told Flashcards
When was Louisiana made a state (and why?)
1812 - Baptist suggests it was created to make sure slave rebellions were more contained. Arguments in Congress back this up
What evidence is available in Lousiana today that can tell us about slavery in 1830s?
Louisiana required that all new slaves brought to the state had to come with a “certificate of good character” signed by two white people from their state of origin
Who wrote “The Appeal” and when was it published?
David Walker 1829 (Died when he was 30 - conspiracy? - no, consumption)
What was Baptist’s explanation of the Specie Circular?
Not only Jackson’s distrust of paper money - but a desire to slow down speculation on fed land sales and the economy as a whole (6.7% a year 1830-1837)
What were some of the markets hit by the crash of 1837?
Cotton prices, slave prices, land, and railroad fares, etc.
How many slaves were sold from Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina to the “old Southwest” from 1830-1836?
150,000
What and where were the most wealthy states in 1860?
7 out of the 8 were in the south - SC, MI, LA, GA, CT, AL, FLA, TX
What was the year that Anthony Burns was taken from Boston?
1854 - Franklin Pierce
“We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise, Union Whigs, and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” - who said thia and why?
Amos Lawrence, 1854 - the capture and return of Amos Lawrence
What and where was the Largest Slave Auction in History ?
436 men, women, and children who were auctioned off during the two days at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia in 1857
What and when was the Lecompton Constitution
Kansas, 1857 - Protects Slavery, Outlaws free negroes - Senate rejected, but Buchanan wanted it
How can we prove that the slave states are losing power in the House?
1820 - 42% of House are slave states -
1840 - Below 40% of House are from slave states
1850 - Below 33% of House are from slave states
What was the average price of a slave?
1820 - $875 in New Orleans for the average male between 21 and 35 - this is known from notary public records
What p[ercentage of wealth in the United States was in slaves in the 1830s?
2 million slaves worth $1 billion - 20% wealth of the United States
August 1846 - what congressman suggested that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist” in the land gained by the Mexican-American War
David Wilmot - he wanted to protect that land for free white labor.
