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Robert Grant. I am a man Born: I was born on 3/23/1825 Hometown:I was born in Philadelphia I am a member of the 21st regiment. I am in the infantry unit from Illinois. Religious views: I am a quaker I like to fight and sing before,during, and after battles. I hate slavery and the exploitation of anyone because of the race. Hobbies: I like to occasionally play baseball. I don't do much reading since I never received a formal education.

American Revolutionary war

The British had no right to try and impose such extreme taxes without the permission of the colonists. There were already problems between the American colonies and Britain before the revolutionary war even started. The British had wanted to maintain power over the American colonies by passing several laws. The American colonies believed that they should be able to run themselves. It was obvious that there was going to be a war in 1774. There was open resistance to British presence. The British had decided to send soldiers to Boston, because it was one of the places that were a large part of the protests. Right after this happened the Revolutionary war broke out. Basically the Americans just wanted independence, but Britain wanted to keep a strong control over them. The British passed the Tea Act and the intolerable acts. Britain also felt as though the Americans needed to be responsible for paying the British Empire so that it could run more smoothly. They tried to obtain large amounts of money from the colonists through high taxes. The colonists said that Parliament had no right to tax them at all since there was no consent on the colonist’s part. “No taxation Without Representation” this means that since the colonists were not represented by a government they couldn’t be legitimately taxed. After the phrase/slogan “No Taxation Without Representation” became popular people started to believe that parliament had no real power over them to begin with, this is what lead to the “Revolutionary War”

Resistances to slavery

It is only natural for the slaves to want freedom. Slaves are running to the North in hopes of becoming free. Some of them were being captured and taken back to the South as a result of the Fugitive Slave Act. Slavery is wrong. Some of the slaves formed violent rebellions with the help of free blacks. These types of rebellions just caused problems for both sides. I feel as though the slaves who led violent rebellions had no other choices. A slave named Nat Turner led one of more important slave rebellions. He had formed a large group with over 40 slaves who then ended up killing 55 white people. Eventually he was caught, hung, and skinned. He deserved to die, but what happened other blacks as a result of his actions was completely wrong. Over 200 blacks were killed as a result of his rebellion. Most of the 200 blacks that were killed had nothing to do with him at all. Another Notable rebellion was the Haitian rebellion. The Haitian rebellion was extremely successful compared to the rebellion of Nat turner. Basically the slaves lead an entire revolution. There were many more blacks than whites at the time. I think that it was obvious that if there were more slaves than slave owners the slave owners could be overpowered. There were 10 blacks for every white person there. There were about to types whites. There were wealthy plantation owning whites (The Planters) and lower class whites (Petit Blancs). There were also several types of Blacks. Two examples are the free blacks and the slaves. The free blacks usually hated the enslaved blacks and wanted to be as separate from them as possible. Some went as far as trying to denounce their African heritage. Not all of the resistances to slavery were violent. Another common form of resistance to slavery was running away on the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a system of houses and trails that helped slaves reach freedom. Another nonviolent form of slavery is disobedience. Slaves could be disobedient by not listening to what they were told to door purposely do tasks improperly.

Slavery

Slavery is forced labor. It’s when a person (or people) is forced to work against his will. Slavery has been around for a long time. There has been a form of slavery in every culture. Indentured servants were people who had to work to pay off a debt. Someone would pay for him or her to come to America. The indentured servant would then have to work until their debt was paid in full. This eventually evolved into the slavery that became common in America. There were indentured servants who decided to run away and not serve the rest of their terms. The white servants punishment wasn’t as bad as the one that the black one had. The black servant had to remain an indentured servant for the rest of his/her life.

After that Africans were used more often as slaves than as indentured servants. They were taken from Africa and brought to the Americas. Slavery came into existence because cheap labor was needed in order to have certain tasks completed. With the use of free forced labor a lot of work could be done at extremely low costs. Without slaves a lot of things that needed to be done would have never been accomplished. In America the slaves were needed to work in the fields and help around the house. Slavery was eventually abolished which proves that forced labor wasn’t necessary. Not all slaves were treated poorly though. In the West African kingdoms some slaves were allowed to marry and have children that were born free.

Status Updates

1850-The compromise of 1850

1854- The Missouri compromise was overturned by the Kansas-Nebraska act.

1855- there is a lot of violent attacks because people were trying to influence the election.

1856- an important senator (Charles Sumner) strongly criticized the people who supported slavery that were in the senate.

1857- the tariff of 1857 was passed. It made people in the North Angry and pleases the residents of the south.

1858- Minnesota entered the Union as a free state.

1859- Oregon became the 33rd state. It also became a part of the Union.

1860- Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

January 1861: The south has no right to secede. Even if they feel threatened, they don’t have the right to do such things.

February 1861: The south created their own government?

April 1861: The confederates attacked Fort Sumter. They better be expecting a civil war

January 1862: Finally Lincoln decided to launch a full on attack against the confederate states.

February 25 1862: Nashville is taken over by the union hooray!!!!

January 1863: The emancipation proclamation was made. Hopefully it will give slaves more of a chance.

January 26 1864: The confederacy is no match for the Union. 600 confederate soldiers failed to take Athens, which was held by only 100 union troops.

January 1865: The confederacy Fell!!!!!! Victory to the Union.

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