A. Invention of the cotton gin in 1793
- Created by Eli Whitney this machine allowed for
seed separation from cotton fiber which farmers could save many
hours workers would have to pull in order to separate seed from fiber.
B. Margaret Garner
-Former Kentucky slave that escaped over Ohio River with
family and four children as she and her family were about to be brought back by
their masters she grabbed a knife, slit her baby girls throat, and attempted
killing her other children and herself but was captured before she could
complete her task. Inspiration for Toni Morrison's Beloved.
C. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
- Anyone aiding fugitive slaves will be imprisoned and
fined, slaves that escape from masters may be captured and returned, even if
they make it to a free state, if person is suspicious
of fugitive slave they can take them in without any proof or warrant
to be claimed.
D. Supreme Court Decision of 1857 (Dred Scott Case)
-Scott went to court for freedom in 1857 and through a long
period of time the court decided that all slaves and those that were
free could never be citizens of the U.S and could not sue in court and the
federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its
territories. Scott stayed a slave.
E. Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
-freed slaves in states that had seceded from the Union
during the Civil War.
F. Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
- this abolished slavery and involuntary services in the
U.S.
G. Klu Klux Klan(1866 )
- Originated for confederate army veterans that
walked around as the 'ghosts' of the rebellion. Soon after established these
men started harassing the black population especially those that
acted as if they had the rights of white people.
H. Reconstruction
- post Civil War attempts to rebuild nation, and reconstruct
Southern states.
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