Black Codes
Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASblackcode... Arthur Tappan
Helped fund several anti-slavery journals and in 1831 helped establish America's first Anti-Slavery Society..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAStappanA.h... The Second World War
Second World War
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm Mary Ann Cary
Mary Ann Cary was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on 9th October, 1823. The oldest of 13 children she moved to Canada after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1851
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWcary.htm Ida Wells
Ida Wells, the daughter of a carpenter, was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. Her parents were slaves but they family achieved freedom in 1865
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWwells.htm Turner Revolt
Nat Turner, a slave owned by Joseph Travis of Southampton, Virginia, believed that he had been chosen by God to lead a slave rebellion
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASturnerR.h... Slave Childhood
Pregnant slaves were expected to continue until their child was born. Only a month's rest was allowed for recovery from child-bearing. The women then carried the child on their backs while they worked in the fields
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASchildhood... Elijah Lovejoy
Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the son of a Congregational minister...
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASlovejoy.h... Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson was born in Wisbech in 1760. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and was afterwards ordained as a deacon
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REclarkson.ht... Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, one of nine children, was born in West Hills, Long Island on 31st May, 1819..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwhitman.h... Josephine Ruffin
Josephine St. Pierre, was born in Boston on 31st August, 1842. Her mother was a white woman and her father had been born in Martinique
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASruffin.ht... Susan Anthony
During the American Civil War Anthony strongly supported the Union cause. She aided the administration of President Abraham Lincoln by forming the Women's Loyal League..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWanthony.h... Austin Steward
Austin Steward was born a slave in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1793. His master, William Helm, owned over a hundred slaves
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASsteward.h... Charles Fox
Charles Fox, the son of the Henry Fox, a leading politician in the House of Commons, was born on 24th January, 1749. After being educated at Eton and Oxford University
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRfox.htm Mary Lease
Mary Clyens, the daughter of Irish immigrants, was born in 1850..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAleaseM.htm... Joseph Gurney
Joseph Gurney was born in Norwich on 2nd August, 1788. Joseph was the tenth child of John Gurney, a successful banker and a prominent member of the Society of Friends..
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAgurney.htm
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