Section #1 - Causal Factors
Black Experience
Southern slavery is threatened by Black uprisings and the rise of articulate spokesmen and women.
| Year | Event | Description | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1784 | Prince Hall and African Lodge #459. | Hall gains approval for the first Black Masonic lodge after being denied by whites; he educational and military service for Blacks. | Chapter 11 |
| 1787 | Free African Society in Philadelphia. | Mutual aid society supports Black assimilation and leads to the formation of independent churches. | Chapter 11 |
| 1802 | Reverend Absalom Jones and Black churches. | Jones founds the first Black church in the city, dedicated to “throwing off the habit of oppression.” | Chapter 11 |
| 1831 | Nat Turner’s Rebellion. | Enslaved Nat Turner leads an assault on Virginia farms. Reprisals across the South include savage beatings and lynchings. | Chapter 63 |
| 1841 | Frederick Douglass Nantucket address. | Douglass delivers his first address to a white audience, detailing his flight from slavery. | Chapter 100 |
| 1851 | Sojourner Truth asserts equality. | Escaped slave Baumfree delivers her “Ain’t I A Woman” speech, asserting her absolute equality. | Chapter 168 |