History

In 1845, Frederick Douglass, a free black man published  "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"  where he gave a detailed, well-written account of his life as a slave. The book was hugely popular and influential. It forced many people to put themselves in the shoes of a slave and as a result empathize with them. Frederick Douglas was a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Likewise, Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great speaker and writer had once been a slave.

1831- Nat Turners rebellion  Watch birth of a nation? 1839 - La Armistad Rebellion  A slave ship called La Amistad set sail from Havana, Cuba. The Spanish crew were taking the 53 slaves (49 adults and 3 children) to be delivered to the town of Camaguey, Cuba. They had originally been captured in Sierra Leone and sold to the Spanish. At the time, Britain and the United States had outlawed Atlantic Slave trading but Spain still allowed it. They got out to sea the ship’s cook jokingly told the slaves that they were going to be “Killed, salted and cooked.” Whether or not the slaves thought he was serious, it made them want to escape all the more. One slave was able to file through his chains. He freed the other men and they picked up cane cutting machete’s and went onto the top deck. A fight broke out and the slaves outnumbered the crew and killed everyone except for two men. Three slaves were killed in the fight. The slaves didn’t know how to sail a ship and demanded ...

Sojourner Truth - 1828 Sojourner Truth was born in a dutch part of New York. Her first language was Dutch, and she continued to speak with a Dutch accent for the rest of her life. When her owner died in 1806, nine-year-old Truth (known as Belle), was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100. (About $2,500 today) Her new owners wife didn't speak Dutch but English and when Sojourner was given orders she often didn't understand them. This lead to many punishments. Sojourner was again sold two more times before she was 13. When sojourner was 18 she fell in love with a slave on a neighboring farm which had a different owner. When a slave had a child, that child belonged to the man's owner, not the women's. So sojourners owner told her she couldn't marry someone else's slave but had to marry one of his. One night the man she was in love snuck over to see Sojourner. He was discovered and beaten severely. So she married an older slave who was ...

First slave ship arrives in Virginia, British North America (1619) Slavery had exsisted in Africa since prehistoric times. It's often thought that the Europeans captured Africans themselves, which occasionally happened but most slaves were already captives of rival tribes captured during war.  Europeans showed up looking to trade goods. The African kings offered them slaves in exchange for weapons. The African tribes would then use the weapons to fight their rivals and capture more slaves.  With European influence, they made some African tribes very powerful and rich. Instructions for loading slave ship Different tribes and languages, chained up with rival tribesman and unable to communicate. https://youtu.be/gWjJ4NM1KFA https://youtu.be/3NXC4Q_4JVg https://youtu.be/g00elRjygRQ https://youtu.be/S72vvfBTQws 200 years of slavery pass by, 10 generations of slavery I'm Irish. I'm British. I'm italian. No African counter part until ...

Birth Control Movement Effects of Multiple Births In a study by the University of Texas, they found women who have four or more children double their risk of heart disease. The body carries lasting effects of pregnancy. Doctors warn that as the number of births increases, so does the potential harm to the mother – and the child. Doctors worry these women may bleed to death after delivery or lose the child due to the damage done by multiple previous pregnancies. Contraception as a Sin Contraception was considered a sin by the Catholic Church. In the early 20th century, Catholic Irish and Catholic Italians swept into New England. The Pope and Catholic doctrine teaches that sex was created by God for the purposes of having children. They argued that contraception is unnatural and immoral. In the bible of a man named Onan who, when asked to impregnate his dead brothers wife, doesn't and gets struck down dead by God. Most Catholics therefore didn't take precau...

1869 - Women's Rights Movement Splits Society at the time, was more willing to accept black men voting than allowing even white wealthy, educated women to vote. If all free men were created equal, then it stood to reason that freed male slaves should be able to vote. However, the established equality of men said nothing for the place of women in American society. When black men pushed to get their own vote, it was more popular with the public than a woman's right to vote. This caused a split within the women's right movement. Some believed that voting rights shouldn't be partially given to anyone but should be given to every adult. Therefore, they refused to support black men getting the vote because it didn't also include voting rights for women. Some simply opposed black men getting the vote because it didn't also include women. However, some did oppose it for racist reasons. Some women, including the revered Susan B Anthony made offensive commen...

Traditional Role of Women in History Throughout history and even by some today, women are considered less valuable than men. Women have been historically been treated as property. Unable to disagree or disobey the men in their life. During tribal times, a man's daughter was given to someone as a wife in order to provide some advantage to their family. Peace could be made with enemies, by giving their tribesmember your daughter. Ties with allies could be made stronger. And the respect of a family could grow if their daughter were married to someone respected. Women therefore were useful and of value to their fathers for this reason. Young women were much more valuable if they were virgins. Non-virgins were and to many even today, considered used goods and less valuable. And therefore had hurt their families. Deuteronomy 22 13 If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her 14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married thi...