Chapter 16 The South the Slavery Controversy Those
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Chapter 16: The South & the Slavery Controversy “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot long retain it”. ~Abraham Lincoln 1859~
The South and the Slavery Controversy & Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy Chapters 16 & 17
“Cotton Is King!” n n ½ of all U. S. Exports after 1840 1/5 of England’s population earns a living producing cotton cloth
The Planter Aristocracy n 1850 – 1, 733… n n 255, 000… ¼ of White Southerners… Southern Society… Women in the South. . .
The White Majority n n n Small Slave Owners… Whites w/o slaves… Flatland Whites & Mountain Whites… n n n Subsistence Farming “American Dream” Free Blacks…
The Slave System n n Land “Butchery”…. Monopolies… Over speculation… One-Crop Economy…
Plantation Slavery n n n By 1860… Most new slaves… Beatings… Varying Conditions… Family Life… African Traditions…
Slave Revolts n n n 1739 – Stono Rebellion (Cato’s Conspiracy) 1822 - Denmark Vesey… 1831 - Nat Turner…
American Colonization Society (1817) n 1822 - Liberia… n Abraham Lincoln…
Abolitionist Movement n Theodore Dwight Weld n n William Lloyd Garrison n n American Slavery as It Is The Liberator David Walker n Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
Sojourner Truth n n Freed Black Woman… Illiterate but charismatic…
Frederick Douglas n n Former Slave… Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
The South Lashes Back n n Fear of revolt… Southern Black Slaves vs. Northern “Wage Slaves”… 1835 – Southern Postmasters… 1836 – “Gag” Resolution…
Abolitionist Impact in the North n n n Lack of Support… n Constitutional Reverence n Economics Violence… n Rev. Elijah Lovejoy… Few wanted slavery abolished outright but… n “Free Soilers”
Election of 1840 n n Log Cabins & Hard Cider… “Tippecanoe & Tyler Too”… Harrison’s Death. . Tyler – A President without a Party…
The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone n n Mexico… Britain & France… n Tyler – annexes Texas through a joint resolution. .
1845 – Texas 28 th State (President Anson Jones of the Republic of Texas lowers the Texas Flag)
Oregon Fever n n n Willamette River Valley – rich soil… Oregon Trail… Disputed border with Britain – major campaign issue 1844. . n “fifty-four forty or fight!!”
John L. O’Sullivan – “Manifest Destiny”
Election of 1844 n Whigs – Henry Clay n Democrats – James K. Polk
Election of 1844 n James K. Polk
War With Mexico n n Polk orders Gen. Zachary Taylor… Santa Anna… Kearney & Fremont. . Zachary Taylor…
Bear Flag Revolt -
Winfield Scott Captures Mexico City
n n Abraham Lincoln’s “Spot” Resolutions… Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo n U. S. paid Mexico $15 million for land + assumed $3. 25 million…(Why? ) n Mexican Cessation – largest acquisition of land in U. S. History (Land area increases by 1/3)
Wilmot Proviso n David Wilmot (PA) – introduces bill that would prevent slavery in the Mexican Cessation…