The Peculiar Institution
How did the independence struggle
impact the institution & where did the
nation find itself by 1789?
Slavery and the Republic
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Independence Debates: Manumission
A New Creed: All Men are Equal
Northwest Land Ordinance
North-South Perspective
Constitutional Safeguards
1788-1808 = 250k & Middle Passage
Manumission Societies
Equiano Narrative
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pfslav
eship.htm
1790 Census
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1791 Vermont enters as a Free State
2% presence in New England v. 7% NY
20% U.S. black or ¾ million population
Northern Push towards Emancipation
Kentucky enters as slave state in 1792
By 1800 nos. is over 1 million
Balance of Power
Post Independence South
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Economic Ruin, Recovery, & Manumission
Virginia: Washington v. Jefferson
Westward Migration: KY and TN
IR in Britain: Demand for Cotton
Eli Whitney’s Invention
Short Staple Cotton and Expansion
Interstate Slave Trade: Great State of VA
The Deep South: Coastal and Gulf
Racial Prejudice
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Commercial Enterprise: Prowling Africa
Legalization: Brief Overview
Justification Theories: Bible & VA Notes
Pseudo Science: Craniologists
Stereotypes: lazy, childlike, musical
De Tocqueville: prejudice strongest in
areas abolished, intolerance where never
existed.
Southern Hierarchy
Revival and King Cotton
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Westward Expansion: Old SW, FL, TX
Cotton Cultivation
Spain and the Southwest
Texas and Missouri
Compromise: fire bell in the night
Cotton and Exports: GNP
Rising Sectional Tensions: Nullification
Southern Attitudes
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Paternalism and noblese oblige
A Civilizing Institution?
Treatment of Chattel
Haitian Rebellion & Significance
The Domestic Trade
Anti Slavery Voices and Response
Siege Mentality
Slave Culture
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The Role of Family
Religious Life
The Arts
Daily Life
Persons of Color: Free Status
Slave Codes
Resistance
Narratives of a Slave
• Frederick Douglass’ Account