1. Manifest Destiny in early 1800s
Topic 6
Manifest Destiny in early 1800s

2. What role did African-Americans play in the early 1800s, the early years of Manifest Destiny westward growth?

3. Spread of slavery into the “southwest”

4. Manifest Destiny

5. Slaves frequently marched overland to slave markets in SW

6. York on the Lewis and Clark journey

7. George Bonga (here shown in photograph later in life)

8. James P. Beckwourth

9. What role did African-Americans play in the War of 1812?

10. Black seamen in War of 1812 on Great Lakes

11. Blacks were an important part of the defense of New Orleans in the war of 1812

13. How did the growth of the nation southwestward in the early 1800s change the slave trade and the nature of slavery?

15. Developing slave trade

16. Slave traders

18. New Orleans slave market

19. Breeding slaves increased

20. Discussion of breeding slaves in an abolitionist newspaper

21. Slave families were often separated

23. Contract to “hire out” slave

24. Some jurisdictions required a hired out slave to carry a badge identifying himself

25. The work hired out slaves did varied
The work hired out slaves did varied. Here they are seen digging a canal.

26. Ships captured off America as part of an illegal African slave trade (note: many more certainly got through!)