Slavery in America
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Slavery in America
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Background • The use of slavery has been used throughout
time in many different cultures and areas.
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How did it come to America?
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Background
• Slavery in the U.S. first started as part of European colonization.
• The system was referred to as the
Triangular Trade
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The Trans –Atlantic Slave trade
• The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was part of a system of Triangular trade.– Africa provided slaves (labor)– Costal African leaders helped capture slaves
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11.2 Slavery in America
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The Trans –Atlantic Slave trade
• The section of this system between Africa and the Americas is called the
The Middle Passage
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The Trans –Atlantic Slave trade
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Slavery Review ?’s
Which region of the U.S. was Slavery primarily located in?
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Slavery Review ?’s
Why was Slavery located there?
Slavery was in the south because the geographic conditions made planting cotton plantations possible.
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• What invention led to a drastic increase of dependence of Slave labor?
The Cotton GinDrastically improves Cotton production
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The Major ConnectionIn America, Slavery was directly connected to the rapid expansion of Cotton in the South.
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• Only about 30% of farmers in the South owned slaves (Mostly rich plantation owners).
• 60% of farmers could not afford to own slaves.
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How did this video clip make you feel?
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Slave RebellionsNat Turner Rebellion:Organized rebellion of 70 slaves against slave owners.-55 people are killed
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Slave RebellionsNat Turner Rebellion:Effects: - Spreads panic and fear in the South- Harsh laws created to limit the rights of freed slaves- It becomes illegal to educate slaves
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Why did the South want to limit a slaves education?
There was a fear that slaves would be able to organize another rebellion.
It was Dangerous
They would learn that they could be entitled to a better life.
They are humans, not property
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• Looking at what we have said about the importance and “Dangers” of having a education,
Why do you think that our country is having a problem with high school
graduation rates?
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• Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) for public high school students, by race/ethnicity: School year 2011-12
• National Center for Education Statistics
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• Looking at what we have said about the importance and “Dangers” of having a education,
Why do you think that our country is having a problem with high school
graduation rates?