1. 19th century Kentucky

2. Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans
Early examples of slavery in the frontier:
Christopher Gist
Daniel Boone’s groups
Boonesborough
10% of Fort Harrod

3. Statehood in 1792 25% of white families owned at least one slave
avg # per family: 4.3
In the state constitution, slavery allowed by a vote of 26-16

4. Steps backwards:
In another Constitutional Convention in 1799, they disenfranchised free blacks as well.
In the 1850 Constitutional Convention, they disallowed ministers from being elected governor or to the General Assembly
By 1850, where did KY rank in the #’s of slaveholding families in the South?

5. Was KY slavery “milder”??
Go to this website:
uestionof.htm
(1) Make a comparison chart explaining:
How Kentucky slavery was DIFFERENT from the rest of the South
How Kentucky slavery was SIMILAR to the rest of the South
(2) Explain the arguments that slavery was a “necessary evil” and
a “positive good”
(3) Explain Kentucky’s connections to both North and South