GE CLST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Denmark Vesey, White Guardian, Manumission
28 Nov 2015
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Started a church, very educated and respected. Proclaimed all africans were born free, had right to use any means to gain liberty. Southern states passed laws limiting movement of free blacks and restricting of owner"s rights of manumission. Black people banned from meeting in groups without the presence of a white person. Enslaved prohibited from hiring out their time. South carolina, free blacks over 15 needed white guardian. Forced imprisonment of black sailors in charleston. Consequences of david walker"s appeal to the colored citizens of the world (1829) Laws passed throughout south prohibiting enslaved from reading. writing. Required free blacks to either leave the state or post bound in order to stay. Paid to set them free and deported to africa. If they free the blacks, blacks will turn on them. Reinforced the idea that america should be all white society white man"s world . Removal of property requirements for voting and development of popular press.
