Research+Topics

 __**Research Topics**__    **•Slave Labor vs. Factory Labor:**    Factory workers in the 1800's were subject to grueling work conditions. Often slave masters compared the lives of factory workers to that of slave laborers in hopes of justifying slavery. Learn more about this interesting, all be it twisted, point of view, Note the similarites and differences.  **•The Fugitive Slave Act and its impact on Slavery:**   The Fugitive Slave Act further divided the North and the South. It forced   **all**    Americans to help return runaway slaves to their Masters. This led to mounting anger in the North, convincing more people of the evils of slavery.  •  <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **Dred Scott case and its impact on slavery**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> :Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom. His case went to the Supreme Court. Dred will lose his case, but more importantly, Chief Justice Taney's statement basically legalize slavery everywhere in the United States. According to Taney, the Constitution actually supported slavery across the United States. This was obviously a blow to the Abolitionist movement. It further divided the fragile ties between the North and South. Civil War wasn't far behind. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Spirituals: How they were used by the slaves:**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> during slavery workers were allowed to sing songs during their working time. This was the case when they had to coordinate their efforts for moving a fallen tree or any heavy load. But some "drivers" also allowed slaves to sing "quiet" songs, if they were not apparently against slaveholders. Such songs could be sung either by only one or by several slaves. They were used expressing personal feeling, and for cheering one another. Other negro spirituals directly referred to the Underground Railroad. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Slave Rebellions and their impact on slavery:**  <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Slaves rebelled in numerous ways. Some ways were low-key such as pretending to break a tool or by working slowly. Other slave rebellions were violent such organizing an uprising and fighting, sometimes killing, their masters, their families and others. Due to such slave revolts, masters as well as the South as a whole created slave codes and other forms of punishment to prevent the rebellions from happening. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Abolitionist Movement:**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> As long as there had been slavery, there was also a group of people advocating for the end, or abolition, of slavery. The Quakers and women were two groups that were very active in this movement. As the horror of slavery were exposed, this movement continued to grow in population. These people were instrumental in the facillitating of the Underground Railroad. Aside from the Underground Railroad., this group had several other tactics to achieve their goal - to end slavery. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Horrors of the slave ship:**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The middle passage was the leg of the triangular trade that brought slaves to America. The slaves were little more than human cargo. They were packed and stacked in the belly of the ship in deplorable conditions. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Underground Railroad:**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This was a network of "stations" and "conductors" that helped runaway slaves reach freedom. The abolitionists as well as free blacks risked their own lives in their efforts to help the slaves. There were codes and signals that were used in this operation. It was an amazing effort of people working together for the greater good. <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation:**   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War. This proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states. There were implications of this order in both the North and the South. It also impacted the Civil War. <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   <span style="font-family: Times-Bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **•Triangular Trade**   <span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> :This was the network of trade that developed between the British colonies, Great Britain, Africa, and the West Indies. It was a system of imports and exports that brought slaves to the West Indies and the colonies.