Haiti, Slavery, and the U.S.

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Haiti, Slavery, and the U.S.
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Quick Overview of Haitis History

• 1492 Discovered by Columbus

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Quick Overview of Haitis History

• 1492 Discovered by Columbus
• Sugar Island Immense Wealth Produced by Slaves

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Quick Overview of Haitis History

• 1492 Discovered by Columbus
• Sugar Island Immense Wealth Produced by Slaves
• Slave Revolt and Independence Movement 1791-1803

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Quick Overview of Haitis History

• 1492 Discovered by Columbus
• Sugar Island Immense Wealth Produced by Slaves
• Slave Revolt and Independence Movement 1791-1803
• Napoleon, Haiti, and the Louisiana Purchase

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An Empire for Liberty?

• Slavery, Native Americans, and Western Expansion

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Defining the West (A Moving Target)
Far West
The Old Northwest
The Old Southwest
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Jefferson, Republicanism and Western Expansionism

• Jefferson Landownership and Equality Important
• Independent Landowners Can Resist Corruption
  Better than Wage Owners

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Idea of Manifest Destiny

• Manifest Destiny America has a God-Given
  Right to Settle the Continent

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Removal and the Debate over Native Americans

• Pro-Removal Indians are biologically incapable
  of becoming civilized

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Removal and the Debate over Native Americans

• Pro-Removal Indians are biologically incapable
  of becoming civilized
• Anti-Removal Indians can be more like whites.

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Which Political Party Was More Likely to Support
Indian Rights?

• A. Democrats They represent the immigrants and
  The People.
• B. Whigs They are the reformers.

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Cherokee Strategy Adopt White Without
Assimilation

• Chief John Ross leads movement to modernize
  Cherokee economy
• Commercial farming, iron foundry, and slaves
• All Land Kept in Tribe

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Cherokees Established a Republic

• Written language, own newspaper
• Constitution and legislature
• School and postal system

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Cherokees Still Faced Pressure to Leave
Cherokee Land Contained Gold, Prime Soil for
Plantations
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Narrative of Removal

• 1817 Cherokees formed independent republic
• 1830 Congress Passed Indian Removal Act (CLOSE
  VOTE)
• 1835 Treaty of New Echota
• 1838 Forced Removal and Trail of Tears

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Tragedy of the Trail of Tears
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The Forcible Removal of Native Americans Was
Inevitable.

• A. Yes
• B. No

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Another TragedyInterstate Slave Trade

• Rich Cotton Lands in the Southwest Encourage
  Planters to Move Slaves

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Another TragedyInterstate Slave Trade

• Rich Cotton Lands in the Southwest Encourage
  Planters to Move Slaves
• 650,000 Slaves Sold to the West

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Another TragedyInterstate Slave Trade

• Rich Cotton Lands in the Southwest Encourage
  Planters to Move Slaves
• 650,000 Slaves Sold to the West
• Network of Slave Traders, Middlemen, and Creditors

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Location of Slaves, 1820
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Location of Slaves, 1860
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The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

• Breakup of the Slave Families (50 percent of all
  nuclear families)

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The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

• Breakup of the Slave Families (50 percent of all
  nuclear families)
• Poor Conditions in West

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The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

• Breakup of the Slave Families (50 percent of all
  nuclear families)
• Poor Conditions in West
• Plantation Discipline