WARM UP Please answer the following question in your binder: How did slaves think of freedom, and what were the sources for their beliefs?

AGENDA Announcements/ Housekeeping Unit 4 Exam – Monday 12/ 8 Ch. 9 – 12 Resistance to Slavery NOTES, NOTES, & NOTES HW: Nat Turner’s Confession

SLAVE CULTURE The Slave Family - Helped enslaved Africans to cope with situation - Derived from African culture -Dance, music, religion, medicine -End of the slave trade resulted in a particularly African American culture The Threat of Sale -Greatest weapon of the slave owners -Pervaded slave life

SLAVE CULTURE Gender Roles among Slaves & Slave Religion -Very different than traditional American society -Cult of domesticity didn’t apply -Religion helped slaves survive and resist -However, it also served as a justification for the institution of slavery

SLAVE CULTURE The Gospel of Freedom & The Desire for Liberty -Biblical story of Exodus played a central role in black Christianity -Evidence of being the chosen people -Slaves were aware of their condition and dreamed of freedom -Realized it could not be directly confronted, but it was a “constant theme” -Would influence political agenda during Reconstrution

RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY *INTRO pg. 443 Forms of Resistance Day – to – day Theft (primarily food) Armed/ Active 1.Arson 2.Poisoning 3.Outright rebellion Fugitive Slaves -Escape was a serious threat -Considerable obstacles -Underground Railroad

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RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY The Amistad Slave ship was seized by the slaves and then attempted to sail back to Africa Ended up off the Long Island coast Supreme Court ruled that their capture violated the slave trade ban Slave Revolts 4 major conspiracies in American history (all occurred from 1800 – 1831) 1. Gabrielle's Rebellion 2. Uprising near New Orleans 3. Denmark Vesey 4. Nat Turner’s Rebellion

RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY Nat Turner’s Rebellion The best known & last large scale rebellion in southern history 1831 Marched from farm to farm killing white inhabitants 80 slaves had joined Turner’s band ~ 60 whites were killed Primarily women and children Sparked a last debate about gradual emancipation; however, in the end, the laws tightened 1831 marked a turning point for the Old South Faced with mounting opposition, they closed in defense of slavery.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company An American Slave Market

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A photograph of Frederick Douglass

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company An engraving from just after the Civil War shows a cotton gin in use.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A slave dealer’s place of business in Atlanta.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company An advertisement by a slave trader seeking owners wishing to sell slaves.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company This 1860 view of New Orleans captures the size

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company An upcountry family, dressed in homespun

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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A pre–Civil War engraving depicting the paternalist ideal.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company St. John Plantation, an 1861 painting by Marie Adrien Persac

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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A plate manufactured in England to celebrate emancipation

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Metal shackles, from around 1850.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Slaves were an ever-present part of southern daily life.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A female slave drying cotton

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company In this undated photograph, men, women and children

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A Public Whipping of Slaves in Lexington

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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A broadside advertising the public sale of slaves

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Virginian Luxuries.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A black preacher, as portrayed in Harper’sWeekly, February 2, 1867.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Plantation Burial.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A typical broadside offering a reward for the capture of a runaway slave.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company A lithograph depicting Joseph Cinqué

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company An engraving depicting Nat Turner’s slave rebellion of 1831

NORTON LECTURE SLIDES INDEPENDENT AND EMPLOYEE-OWNED Give Me Liberty! AN AMERICAN HISTORY THIRD EDITION This concludes the Norton Lecture Slides Slide Set for Chapter 11 by Eric Foner