Effects of revolts on the emancipation process Flashcards
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`Arguments of interest groups for slavery
ECONOMIC
1-liberating enslaved workers would
lead to unemployment, unrest, and destruction of property
-Planters claimed that enslavement was essential to control the Africans and make the plantations profitable.
- Supporters of slavery often argued that it was essential for the economic prosperity of a society
HUMANITARIAN
2-enslaved Africans were
provided with food, clothing
and Shelter, by law, the English
workers were not.
-Enslaved Africans enjoyed a better life
than they would have in their
homeland
-Europeans were fulfilling a paternalistic duty by exposing the Africans to the
uplifting civilizing influences of
the plantation.
RELIGIOUS
3-The Christian churches In the Caribbean supported enslavement on the grounds that God had ordained a person’s position in life
-The Anglican church owned enslaved Africans whom they used to build
churches.
- The Moravian church taught their enslaved converts to be
obedient and accept their position in life.
Arguments of interest groups against slavery
ECONOMIC
1-Since sugar cane was no longer important to the British economy,
the enslaved workers were no longer essential to British business.
-Ship owners did not want to be confined to Caribbean trade and supported emancipation because they were engaged in more profitable trade elsewhere.
-Free labour was a cheaper alternative and planters could make a profit without the costs of maintaining an enslaved labor force
HUMANITARIAN
2- Slavery was inhuman and unjust
-Evidence of the high mortality rate,
brutal punishments and abuse of women and children were used to
supported their position.
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RELIGIOUS
3- Some enslaved workers were not allowed to attend Church on Sunday
- Slavery was wrong in the eyes of Good
-It was contrary to The teaching of The Bible that all men were children of God, brothers In Christ, and equal.
The Age of Enlightenment
During the eighteenth century ideas from the Age of Enlightenment led to a growing dislike for slavery and concern about the welfare of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic World.
who initiated the movement to abolish the slave trade?
Thomas Clarkson
in which economy sugar cane was no longer important
British economic
what are the 3 arguments?
economic, humanitarian, and religious
who is the founder of the Methodist church
John Wesley
when was the act to abolish the slave trade was passed
in 1807 and to take effect in 1808
who was the first Englishman to agitate publicly against slavery?
Granville Sharp, He was joined by Thomas Clarkson, James Ramsay, and VWilliam VVilbertorce.
in which date did the anti-slavery society was founded
1823
the Société pour l’ abolition de Lescavage put pressure on the French government which year.
in 1840
what did the masters provide for the apprentices?
shelter, clothing, medical care and food or with land and time to tend their own gardens
The amelioration proposal (1823)
-Women were not to be flogged.
-Overseers and drivers should not carry whips.
-Families were not to be separated.
-Pregnant women and children should have a better diet.
British anti-slavery movements
the British Parliament passed
The Law to Abolish slavery In
1833, to take effect on 1 August 1834.
French anti-slavery movements
The French abolition movement developed slowly. The National Revolutionary Government abolished slavery In 1794, but Napoleon restored it in 1803.
What is amelioration?
Amelioration: making
something better; For enslaved
people it meant Improving living
and working conditions.
British amelioration policy
*Reduce the harshness of Caribbean slavery.
* Improve the living and working conditions of enslaved workers.
* Respond to some of the demands of the enslaved.
Spanish amelioration policies
In response to the Cuban Civil War, the Moret Law immediately freed
all enslaved persons born after September 1868 and all enslaved
persons over 60. Blacks participated In the war on the promise of freedom from Spanish colonialism.
Negative effects of slavery on emancipation
Positive effects on the emancipation process
Freedom
The act states:
- Children under 6 years of age were to be freed immediately.
- All children over 6 were to serve a period of apprenticeship.
- 100 stipendiary magistrates were allocated to supervise the
operations of the Apprenticeship system (see 4.6). - Planters would be paid £20,000,000 compensation for their loss
of property. - Workers would be classified.
Apprenticeship
At emancipation, slavery was abolished, so unfree Africans in the Caribbean were called apprentices, they were neither slaves nor fully free citizens
Features and conditions
The apprenticeship clauses stateo that:
- Children under six were to be free immediately unless their mothers could not care for them, in which case they would be
apprenticed to the estate until they were 21. - All apprentices were classified as praedial or non-praedial workers.
- Non-praedial, or skilled, workers would serve a 4-year
apprenticeship and praedial, agricultural workers, six years. - Employers would continue to provide traditional food and clothing
allowances and shelter to the apprentices and they continued to
be responsible for the sick and aged. - Apprentices would work for 40½ hours without pay and had to be paid for any additional labor that they provided.
- 100 stipendiary magistrates would supervise the operations of the
system - The local legislatures were required to pass the supporting laws.
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