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GML Chapter 11-13 Lecture Notes
AP U.S. History
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CH PECULIAR INSTITUTION
Introduction o Deep South- South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana o Upper South- Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia o Slavery was pervasive in the South Everything in the South was touched by slavery Slavery Impacts the South o Ownership of more slaves showed status Planter class o Slave first, free second Slavery attached to skin color Slave Codes o Essential to have laws to protect the institution of slavery o Luke v. Florida case o Slaves viewed as property until they committed a crime and then trialed as a person (w/o trial by jury or peers)8jj Plantation Life o Can be seen as forced labor camps o Rice=task system o Cotton=gang system o House servants had a “better” life than field hands o African culture persisted through stories Resistance to Slavery o Fairly common On multiple levels, not always extreme Slowing of work, breaking of tools, feigning illness, pregnancy Runaway, murder, rebellion Rebellion Gabriel Prosser Denmark Vesey Nat Turner o Believed God was calling him to lead a rebellion against white oppressors o Led a group of followers in killing white people Biggest fear for masters Conclusion o Slavery integral part of American society Hard to get rid of
CH AGE OF REFORM
Introduction o Second Great Awakening played big part in reform movement NOT A CAUSE of reform movement, but a factor Basis on morality Temperance movement, utopian movement (attempt to create perfect society) o Abolitionist movement been around seen slavery has begun Resurges in the 19th century o Temperance movement and abolitionist movement have a hand in women’s rights movement Abolitionists o Who were they and what did they stand for? African American Abolitionists Frederick Douglass o slave o Learned to read and write; enables him to forge his pass to escape from slavery o Does not advocate for violence Directs speeches to political leaders, lawmakers, other slaves, etc. More diplomatic stance o Assimilationist David Walker o Born free in North Carolina o Leaves to Massachusetts o Writes Walker’s Appeal 1829 Open to the idea of force for escape Slaves should kill whites and escape Both Douglass and Walker want an end to slavery, but in different ways White abolitionists Usually driven by morality o Thought of slavery as a moral wrong William Lloyd Garrison o Writes Liberator o Advocates to political leaders for abolition leaders o First a colonizationist then an assimilationist Colonizationists vs. Assimilationists
o Biggest expansion of freedom is abolitionist movement and women’s suffrage movement
GML Chapter 11-13 Lecture Notes
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