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| | New Haven, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court. | | | New Haven has engaged in a program of encouraging its citizens to gain a global awareness through its own version of a sister cities program, as many other cities worldwide have done. | | | It is home to Yale University, the institution for which the city is most known. |
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http://danbury.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/New_Haven,_Connecticut
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| | FREE, FREEDOM! |
| | LINCOLN refrained at the start of the CIVIL WAR from freeing slaves lest it alienate the loyal border states. | | | But after the successful ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, Lincoln issued a preliminary edict and, on Jan. 1, 1863, the formal Emancipation Proclamation. |
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| | On Borrowed Ground: Free African-American life in Charleston, South Carolina 1810-61 |
| | He claimed that free mulattoes lived on "a middle ground" defined on one side by "the prejudice of the white man" and on the other by "the deeper hate of our more sable brethren [slaves and free black Charlestonians]."1 Eggart understood that in 1848 all free mulatto privileges depended on slavery. | | | These African Americans, slave and free, went to the same churches, which "served as educational forums, involved slaves [and free African Americans] in leadership roles and provided the basis for a modest organizational life."11 Slaves and free African Americans married amongst themselves and across the lines of social status, color and sometimes class. | | | Free and slave African Americans of the congregations sent two free members, Morris Brown and Henry Drayton, to Philadelphia to be ordained as ministers in the new AME Church. |
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http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH36/poole1.html
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| | Chronology On The History Of Slavery And Racism 1830 To The End |
| | Maryland further discouraged slave owners from manumitting their slaves by requiring them to send the free person out of the state. | | | Though the Assembly refused to accede to the governors' requests, it provided for the voluntary enslavement of free blacks, made it illegal for free blacks to purchase slaves, authorized the sale into slavery of free blacks convicted of certain crimes, and enacted legislation which made the escape of slaves more difficult. | | | The Maryland General Assembly took up the policy of colonization free blacks in Liberia in legislation passed that autumn of 1831, providing an annual appropriation to the Maryland State Colonization Society. |
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http://www.innercity.org/holt/chron_1830_end.html
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| | Black Slave Owners Civil War Article by Robert M Grooms |
| | To end the practice of freeing unruly slaves of "bad or depraved" character and those who "from age or infirmity" were incapacitated, the state required that an owner testify under oath to the good character of the slave he sought to free. | | | In the rare instances when the ownership of slaves by free Negroes is acknowledged in the history books, justification centers on the claim that black slave masters were simply individuals who purchased the freedom of a spouse or child from a white slaveholder and had been unable to legally manumit them. | | | The fact is large numbers of free Negroes owned black slaves; in fact, in numbers disproportionate to their representation in society at large. |
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http://americancivilwar.com/authors/black_slaveowners.htm
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| | III |
| | However, this does not mean that slave-owners will care about risks their slaves face as much as free laborers. A free laborer is betting his own life; a slave-owner is betting the life of another person he happens to own. | | | The rental rates for slaves and the day rates for free laborers were comparable. On the plus side, slaves could be worked harder, but on the minus side, they had to be monitored more. | | | What about unpleasant aspects of jobs that are not physically risky, such as foul odor? Free workers have to be paid more to accept such conditions. But profit-maximizing slave-owners don't have to be paid for the mere unhappiness (as opposed to physical danger) of their slaves. |
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http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/e321/lab3.htm
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| | Gleanings on the Surname of Mott(s) |
| | Isaac Mott: 1 free white male over 16; 1 free white male under 16; 4 free white females, 12 slaves. | | | Mott: 1 free white male over 16; 28 slaves. | | | Abraham Mott: 1 free white male over 16; 2 free white females; 17 slaves. |
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http://www.provenlines.com/glmott.html
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| | Rosser Howard Taylor, 1891-. The Free Negro in North Carolina |
| | The slave owners always regarded the free negro with suspicion because he was known to be in sympathy with the desire of the slaves to be free; he might aid slaves in planning a revolt, in running away from their masters and in disposing of stolen goods. | | | Free negroes have always been regarded as freemen in North Carolina, and as such, entitled to the privilege of habeas corpus, trial by jury, ownership of property, even slaves, to prosecute and defend suits in courts of justice. | | | Occasionally a free negro married a slave, and, indeed, a slave wife was often preferred on account of the fact that she was supported by her master. |
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http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/taylorrh/taylorrh.html
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| | Slaves of Christ Jesus |
| | The household, made up of husband and wife, their children, slaves and freed slaves who were still obligated for service, was the most important social unit in the Roman Empire. | | | There was no law that stated that slaves eventually had to be set free but masters were under a moral obligation to one day free their slaves. | | | In one case, a woman was set free because she bore four sons who became the master's slaves. |
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| | pg0228.txt |
| | ========================================================================= Census_Year 1830 Microfilm #M19-151 State Pennsylvania County Franklin ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1830 STATE: PA COUNTY: Franklin DISTRICT: Lurgan Twp MICROFILM#: M19-151 ENUMERATOR: Mathew Duncan ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ MALES FEMALES MALE SLAVES FEMALE SLAVES FREE BLACK MALES FREE BLACK FEMALES TOTALWHITE PERSONS SLAVES & BLACKS | | | ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1830 STATE: PA COUNTY: Franklin DISTRICT: Lurgan Twp TOWN: Rocksbury or Roxbury MICROFILM#: M19-151 ENUMERATOR: Mathew Duncan ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ MALES FEMALES MALE SLAVES FEMALE SLAVES FREE BLACK MALES FREE BLACK FEMALES TOTALWHITE PERSONS SLAVES & BLACKS | | | Franklin, PA 1830 Federal Census ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/franklin/1830/ (Lurgan Twp, File 6 of 26 for entire county) This Census was transcribed by Edgar M. Jarrett, Jr. |
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http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/franklin/1830/pg0228.txt
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| | In connection with the former point it may be inquired what is in each case the status of children born of two slaves, of a male slave and a free woman, of a female slave and a free man, and especially of a female slave and her master. | | | Difference between freemen and slaves in food, clothing, etc. Slaves forbidden to wear the same dress and ornaments as freemen [Among the Chinooks, the flattening of tho head, "appears to be a sort of mark of royalty or badge of aristocracy, for their slaves are not permitted to treat their children thus". | | | Slaves perform the drudgery for their masters; therefore they are not wanted where little drudgery has to be done, or in other terms, slavery is not likely to exist where subsistence is difficult to acquire. |
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| | African American Resources at the CHS African American Resources at the CHS |
| | Contains the statement that the slaves in the town were considered free with the adoption of the state constitution and a related anecdote about a fifteen-year- old slave named Nancy who stayed with her former owners for the remainder of her long life. | | | Condemns slave trade on religious and economic grounds; cites statistics from the 1790 census relating to proportions of slaves to free populations in the states, value of trade, etc. | | | Convinced that slavery was evil he emancipated his slaves and urges others to do the same; but asks: "What is a Christian slaveholder to do, whose State laws forbid the emancipation of his slaves?" Suggests voluntary payment of wages to slaves, and active agitation for repeal of laws forbidding emancipation. |
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| | Farmer-Guy |
| | Jacob, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 3 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1790 and 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:160]. | | | Stephen, head of a Talbot County household of 2 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1800 [MD:539]. | | | William Flames, head of a Talbot County household of 1 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1800 [MD:506]. |
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| | Chronology on the History of Slavery 1619 to 1789 |
| | Free white women who marry black slaves are to be slaves during the lives of their spouses, Ironically, children born of white servant women and blacks are regarded as free by a 1681 law. | | | Despite the popular assertion that free labor was cheaper, the price of slaves continued to go up and to compensate for the risks of the trade." - | | | Slaves were mostly for sugar plantations, diamond mines in Brazil, house servants, on tobacco farms in Virginia, in gold mines in Hispaniola and later the cotton industry in the Southern States of the USA. |
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| | Free The Afro-American Nation |
| | Finally, seeing that the war could not be won without releasing the slaves, *Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which officially freed the slaves on January 1, 1863. | | | If I could save the union without freeing any slaves I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." | | | These conventions were organized by the free Black people in the North and they became the focal point for the great debate between the reformists and revolutionaries. |
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| | Slaves were taken to entrepots on the coast of East Africa like Zanzibar, Kilwa and Quilimane and then shipped to points in Asia like Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Iran. | | | Slaves were taken from groups within the interior that were not politically able to defend themselves from predation. | | | The treatment of slaves varied according to the time period, the place the utility of slave labor. |
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http://lrrc3.sas.upenn.edu/indianocean/group1/ioslv4.html
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| | Chronology On The History Of Slavery And Racism: 1790 - 1829 |
| | The Census of 1790, revealed 59,557 Free Negroes and 697,624 slaves in a population of 3,929,625, the most slaves being in Virginia (292,627) and the least in New Hampshire (157). | | | The population of the United States in 1790 was about 4 million, of whom 60,000 were free blacks and 400,000 were slaves. | | | The ten years form 1790 to 1800 not only saw an increase of the number of free blacks in the district from a handful to 400 in the midst of 2,369 slaves, but an influx of French Creole refugees, some of color, from Haiti. |
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| | The African American : A Journey from Slavery to Freedom |
| | The Emancipation Proclamation only freed those slaves in the states under the jurisdiction of the Confederacy. | | | Slaves in the northern American region labored on small farms and as skilled and unskilled workers in factories and along the coast as shipbuilders, fishermen, craftsmen, and helpers of tradesmen. | | | Slaves did resist this treatment, therefore strict and cruel punishment was on hand for disobeying their masters. |
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| | Lauber, Indian Slavery in Colonial Times. Ch. IX |
| | Not infrequently the colonial authorities were called upon to furnish protection to the owners of Indian slaves against their seizure by the free Indians, or against fugitive Indian slaves being hidden and retained by the tribes. | | | The Indian slaves in the colony, consisting largely of the captive Tuscarora, frequently escaped and tools refuge with the free Indians of their tribe. | | | The acts, already mentioned in other connections, authorizing the enslavement of Indian captives taken in war, the holding in slavery of such captives when obtained in trade from sources outside the colony, and the enslavement of free Indians by the colonial authorities as punishment for misdemeanors and crimes, are also cases in point. |
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| | SOS, Missouri - State Archives: Missouri's Early Slave Laws - A History in Documents |
| | Slaveholders assumed most of the responsibility for the conduct of their slaves, but other groups in free society were expected to adhere to the rules of the black code, as well. | | | Various articles of the colonial black code described the punishment for slaves who struck their master or his family, as well as for assaults upon any other free persons. | | | In addition, the code included provisions for the free black population, classified as “free people of color.” Although “free persons of color” enjoyed some of the same rights, privileges, and immunities as other free citizens, many laws strictly regulated life for members of this group. |
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| | Ralph Clayton - United States Maryland Genealogy Books |
| | In 1808 it became illegal to import slaves from Africa, however Maryland and Virginia were experiencing a superabundance of slaves at this time and slave owners were faced with the options of renting, freeing, or selling their excess labor. | | | And Baltimores position between the North and the South made it a logical station for escaped slaves either trying to reach the North or hoping to blend in with Baltimores large free black population. | | | The citys thriving harbor offered a large employment market that attracted free blacks and offered slaveholders the opportunity to hire out their slaves. |
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| | Africans in America/Part 3/Gabriel's Conspiracy |
| | Gabriel experienced several strong influences: the rhetoric of the American Revolution; the uprising in Saint Domingue, the radical words of white artisans who championed the working class; the success exhibited by free blacks; his own hatred of the merchants who routinely cheated the slaves they hired; his desire to be free and to prosper. | | | There were slaves willing to give condemning evidence, but the testimony of slaves against free people was inadmissible in Virginia courts. | | | But Prosser's Ben did not have enough contact with slaves from the outlying areas, and so the court looked to Ben Woolfolk to give the damning evidence. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1576.html
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| | Abraham Lincoln's negative legacy |
| | The most simplistic view of Abraham Lincoln is that he went to war with the Confederate States of America to free the slaves in the South. | | | Indeed, his "Emancipation Proclamation" did not free slaves in lands under Northern control; it only applied to slaves in lands controlled by the Confederacy. | | | As we consider whether to expand or roll back the "Patriot Act", it is important to look back on Lincoln's disregard for free speech and free thought, as well as his disregard for the right to a fair trial. |
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http://scott.sstibbs.com/opinion/2005_column_01.html
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| | African-American History--Black Abolitionism |
| | Garnet, in his calculated choice of the national colored convention as his venue, and his carefully worded arguments, was in fact speaking to the leaders of the free black community as much as to the slaves and their owners. | | | Henry Highland Garnet spoke before the American Anti-Slavery Society in May 1840, seizing the legacy of the American Revolution for free blacks and slaves. | | | Garnet refrained from explicitly calling for a slave uprising or a war to free the slaves. |
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| | BRIA 9:1, The Inquisition, Spanish inquisition, United States Judicial System, John Brown, anti-slavery, The Trial of John Brown, United States Criminal Justice System, African-Americans, Blacks |
| | Sadly, this free black man was the first victim of a raid to free the slaves. | | | He said he was simply trying to free slaves, as he had done the previous year in Missouri. | | | Five of them were free black men who had given up their safety in the North to fight for their slave brothers and sisters. |
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| | Did Lincoln Free the Slaves? [Free Republic] |
| | The right of property in slaves was recognized by giving to free persons distinct political rights, by giving them the right to represent, and burthening them with direct taxes for three-fifths of their slaves; by authorizing the importation of slaves for twenty years; and by stipulating for the rendition of fugitives from labor. | | | Free in the Confederacy under the confiscation act and the Emancipation Proclamation, the refugees found themselves imprisoned and sold as slaves in the Union state of Kentucky, where slavery remained legal until ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment eight months after the war was over. | | | Slaves from loyal Maryland as well as rebellious Virginia fled to the Federal army during the Battle of Bull Run, the first engagement of the war...Once the slaves arrived, something had to be done about them... |
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| | Chronology on the History of Slavery 1619 to 1789 |
| | Free white women who marry black slaves are to be slaves during the lives of their spouses, Ironically, children born of white servant women and blacks are regarded as free by a 1681 law. | | | Despite the popular assertion that free labor was cheaper, the price of slaves continued to go up and to compensate for the risks of the trade." - | | | Slaves were mostly for sugar plantations, diamond mines in Brazil, house servants, on tobacco farms in Virginia, in gold mines in Hispaniola and later the cotton industry in the Southern States of the USA. |
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| | Creating Passionate Users: Your turn: free-range posts |
| | Jun 16, 2005 1:26:20 PM The nonprofit I work for, Free the Slaves, is dedicated to eradicating modern slavery around the world--27 million people are slaves today, including some 10,000 slaves in the United States. | | | If you are interested in helping me teach some of these free classes, or you are interested in taking a free class please register at http://training.foundline.com/ and post a message in the General Site Discussion Forum. | | | ...my blog is produced from (near) the southern tip of Africa, Free Range Ideas, is all about making new connections across many areas of business, tech, and peoples' worldviews. |
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/your_turn_freer.html
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| | freenegr.htm |
| | Considering the hostile treatment free Negroes received it is ironic Missourians continued to free their slaves during the ante-bellum period. | | | In 1860, there were 3,572 free Negroes in the State of Missouri compared to 114,931 slaves. | | | Free blacks, regardless of their quasi-freedom, could not be allowed to subvert that system. |
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http://www.umsl.edu/~libweb/blackstudies/freenegr.htm
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