Haiti, Slavery, and the U.S.

Quick Overview of Haiti’s History

1492: “Discovered” by Columbus

Quick Overview of Haiti’s History

1492: “Discovered” by Columbus

Sugar Island: Immense Wealth Produced by Slaves

Quick Overview of Haiti’s History

1492: “Discovered” by Columbus

Sugar Island: Immense Wealth Produced by Slaves

Slave Revolt and Independence Movement: 1791-1803

Quick Overview of Haiti’s 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

An Empire for Liberty?

Slavery, Native Americans, and Western Expansion

Defining the “West” (A Moving Target)

The OldNorthwest

The Old Southwest

“Far West”

Jefferson, Republicanism and Western Expansionism Jefferson:

Landownership and Equality Important

Independent Landowners Can Resist Corruption Better than Wage Owners

Idea of “Manifest Destiny”

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

Removal and the Debate over Native Americans

Pro-Removal: Indians are biologically incapable of becoming “civilized”

Removal and the Debate over Native Americans

Pro-Removal: Indians are biologically incapable of becoming “civilized”

Anti-Removal: Indians can be more like whites.

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.

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

Cherokees Established a Republic

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

Cherokees Still Faced Pressure to Leave

Cherokee LandContained Gold,Prime Soil for Plantations

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

Tragedy of the Trail of Tears

The Forcible Removal of Native Americans Was Inevitable.

A. Yes

B. No

Another Tragedy:Interstate Slave Trade

Rich Cotton Lands in the Southwest Encourage Planters to Move Slaves

Another Tragedy:Interstate Slave Trade

Rich Cotton Lands in the Southwest Encourage Planters to Move Slaves

650,000 Slaves Sold to the West

Another Tragedy:Interstate 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

Location of Slaves, 1820

Location of Slaves, 1860

The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

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

The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

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

Poor Conditions in West

The Tragedy of the Slave Trade

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

Poor Conditions in West

Plantation Discipline