THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

• History of Slavery in America and those who
  risked to end it.

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Causes of Slavery

• Four steps to Africa
• Europeans need for labor in North America
• Use of Native Americans as labor
• Natives die from disease, Europeans must look
  outside of continent
• Turn to Africa and become part of the Triangular
  Trade

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REASONS FOR AFRICA

• Had established trade with Europe
• Already used slaves within their country
• Economic Opportunities
• Needed guns, ammunition, and other goods to keep
  up with competition

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JOURNEY OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• JOURNEY
• Distance 7000 miles
• Time 3-6 months depending on weather

• TREATMENT
• Risk escape whip, flogging, death,
• Chained together to keep any from going overboard
• Under deck cramped space, little air or sun, no
  sanitation

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CASE OF THE AMISTAD SLAVE SHIP

• Background Slave ship overrun by Africans
• Issue Mutiny and murder or property and
  ownership?
• Question of Ownership

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Personal Story of Olaudah Equiano

• Kidnapped from home and sold into slavery
• Deal made with Quaker master to buy back freedom
  for 40 pounds
• American name Gustavas Vasas

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Antislavery Movement
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Lucky 16 Abraham Lincoln

• Views on Slavery
• From Emancipation to 13th Amendment
• Personal History and feelings on slavery
• Influences, saving the Union, and self
  determination

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Essay Choices (Discussion Questions)

• I. The creation of the Emancipation
  Proclamation.
• Why did Lincoln issue this law?
• Explain how it hurt the South and benefited the
  North
• Discuss the two parts of the law and it affected
  the Civil War

• Discuss how Lincolns personal life influenced
  his decisions regarding slavery
• Explain his shift from silent observer to
  outspoken activist
• Use facts about who he was that led to his change
• Did he end slavery to save the Union or because
  he felt compelled to right a wrong?

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Essay Choices (cont.)

• III. The Effects of Slavery on Race in America
• How has slavery affected the separation of black
  and white in America?
• Is race still an issue today because of slavery
  or has it shifted to something else?
• Will we ever move beyond the past?