AFRO 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crispus Attucks, Phillis Wheatley, Anthony Benezet

• School: Howard University
• Department: AFRO - American Studies
• Course: AFRO 005
• Professor: Lila Ammons

Document Summary

Why did the founding fathers decide to count african americans as. Anthony benezet - why did the english (british) decide early to abolish slavery and the colonists decided to retain it. Freedom in a slave society: colonial propaganda. Use of racial imagery: revolutionary rhetoric of freedom rallied whites while tightening grips on blacks. The american paradox calls for freedom for whites while keeping black property: jefferson"s sympathetic words against slavery stricken from. Unacceptable to delegations from the lower south. Some colonists began to admit the contradiction in. Birth of the antislavery movement the identity of oppressed colonist and slaveholder: white antislavery rhetoric not lost on slavery. Boston slaves at forefront of black freedom petition movement. Some masters taught their slaves to read and write. Blacks against the british: colonists struggled with question of arming both slave and free blacks, blacks fought at lexington, concord, battle of bunker hill.