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
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ALL slaves must be returned anywhere in US
Emancipation Proclamation Freed slaves in Southern states allowing them to join Union military
13th Amendment Lincolns response to Civil war end of slavery throughout US
14th Amendment Gave citizenship to ALL people born in US
15th Amendment Voting rights to all MEN regardless of race, religion, color.
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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?