HIST 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Quock Walker, Northwest Ordinance, Class Conflict
6 Feb 2018
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Hist 258 - week 5, lecture 1 - february 5, 2018. Slavery and anti-slavery in the age of the american revolution. consent of the people i. people were entitled to alter or abolish those who denied their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Slavery and the ideals of the revolution a central paradox. revolution triggers a # of manumissions i. periods of progress and simultaneous or immediate backlash (such as the present - eg. post- . arguments emerging that slavery is a positive good, using scientific" arguments. Slavery as a positive good : religion, anti-slavery and revolutionary rhetoric. Religious groups (quakers, congregationalists, presbyterians) also take on the slave. presented a petition against the slave trade, making the following arguments: slavery inconsistent w/ american principles, people look to america for guidance, a moral city on a hill , the north, carolina lowcountry and the chesapeake, slave trade inhumane. North - catalysts for the end of slavery.
