Slavery and Emancipation

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Introduction.Part I: Colonial Origins: Race and Slavery:Introduction.Documents:A. First Blacks Arrive In Virginia (1619).B. Slavery Becomes A Legal Fact In Virginia (17th Century Statutes).C. South Carolina Restricts Liberty Of Slaves (1740).Article: Philip D. Morgan, Two Infant Slave Societies In Chesapeake And Lowcountry (From Slave Counterpoint, 1998).Part II: From African To African-American: Slave Adaptation To New World:Introduction.Documents:A. Olaudah Equiano Describes His Capture (1760).B. Slave Cargo List, South Carolina (1730).C. List Of Fugitive Slave Skills, Virginia (18th Century).Article: Ira Berlin, Plantation Generation Of African Americans (From Many Thousands Gone, 1998).Part III: Formation of Master Class:Introduction.Documents:A. William Byrd Ii Describes Patriarchal Ideal (1726).B. Reverend Jarratt Observes Life-Style Of Virginia's Planters (1750).C. Thomas Jefferson Gives Instructions To His Overseer (1774-1790).Article: Kathy Brown, Masters And Mistresses In Colonial Virginia (From Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, And Anxious Patriarchs, 1996).Part IV: Slavery and American Revolution:Introduction.Documents:A. Lord Dunmore's Proclamation Freeing Slaves In Virginia (1775).B. Virginia's Manumission Law (1782).C. Thomas Jefferson Expresses His Unease Over Slavery (1782).Article: Peter Kolchin, Slavery And American Revolution (From American Slavery, 1993).Part V: Growth of Cotton Kingdom:Introduction.Documents:A. Joseph Baldwin On Cotton Planters In Alabama And Mississippi (1836).B. James Henry Hammond On Agriculture In Upper South (1841).C. Frederick Law Olmsted On Profitability Of Cotton (1856).Article: Mark Smith, Debating Profitability Of Antebellum Southern Agriculture (From Debating Slavery, 1998).Part VI: World of Planters:Introduction.Documents:A. John Lyde Wilson, The Code Of Honor (1838).B. George Fitzhugh On Benefits Of Slavery (1857).C. George Cary Eggleston Remembers Aristocratic Life In Virginia (1875).Article: Eugene Genovese, Slaveholders' Dilemma Between Slavery And Progress (From Slaveholders' Dilemma, 1992).Part VII: Life Within Big House:Introduction.Documents:A. Adele Petigru Is Reminded Of Mistress' Duties By Her Aunt (C. 1830s).B. Rosalie Roos On Marriages In South Carolina (1854).C. Mary Chesnut Describes Effects Of Patriarchy (1861).Article: Marli Wiener, Mistresses And Slaves In A Patriarchal World (From Mistresses And Slaves (1998).Part VIII: Masters And Slaves: Paternalism And Exploitation:Introduction.Documents:A. James Henry Hammond Battles Slave Illness (1841).B. Rules On Rice Estate Of Plowden C. Weston (1846).C. Charles Manigault Instructs His Overseer About My Negroes (1848).Article: Walter Johnson, Chattel Principle (From Soul By Soul, 1999).Part IX: Life In Slave Quarters:Introduction.Documents:A. Frederick Douglass Remembers His Childhood (1845).B. Tempie Herndon Remembers Her Wedding (1860).C. Daniel Drake Remembers A Corn-Shucking Ceremony (1870).Article: Brenda Stevenson, Slave Marriage And Family Life In Antebellum Virginia (From Life In Black And White, 1996).Part X: Slave Resistance And Slave Rebellion:Introduction.Documents:A. Excerpts From Denmark Vesey's Trial Transcript (1822).B. Frederick Douglass Remember Resisting His Overseer (1845).C. Frederick Law Olmsted On Slave Runaways In Virginia (1856).Article: John Hope Franklin And Loren Schweninger, Impact Of Runaway Slaves On Slave System (From Runaway Slaves, 1999).Part XI: Abolitionist Impulse:Introduction.Documents:A. William Lloyd Garrison, I Will Be Heard (1831).B. Massachussets Anti-Slavery Society Resolution (1843).C. Frederick Douglass Discusses Fourth Of July (1852).Article: Paul Goodman, Abolitionists And Origins Of Racial Equality (From Of One Blood, 1998).Part XII: Politics of Slavery:Introduction.Documents:A. John C. Calhoun's Address To People Of United States (1832).B. New York Tribune On Radical Origins Of Republicans (1855).C. Abraham Lincoln's House Divided Speech (1858).Article: Don E. Fehrenbacher, Slavery And Territorial Expansion (From Slaveholding Republic, 2001).Part XIII: Secession and Civil War:Introduction.Documents:A. South Carolina's Ordinance Of Secession (1860).B. Mary Chesnut Recalls Beginning Of War (1861).C. Gertrude Thomas On Role Of Slave Mistresses During War (1863).Article: Drew Faust, Confederate Women In Crisis Of Slaveholding South (From Mothers Of Invention, 1996).Part XIV: Emancipation and Destruction Of Slavery:Introduction.Documents:A. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863).B. Frederick Douglass, Men Of Color, To Arms (1863).C. Selections Of Documents On Black Military Experience (1863-1865).Article: Ira Berlin Et Al., Destruction Of Slavery (From Slaves No More, 1992)

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