HIS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Woolman, Fugitive Slaves In The United States, Yearly Meeting
22 Sep 2016
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What impact did the american revolution have upon race relations in the new. United states: 1776: thirteen colonies declare their independence from great britain. New hampshire and massachusetts (immediate) (first states to immediately abolish slavery: 1784: connecticut and rhode island (immediate, 1787: constitutional convention: delegates from 5 states gathered to discuss, 1799: new york (immediate, 1804: new jersey (gradual) Keeping of negros: 1755: john woolman sets off the first major tax refusal movement in. Pennsylvania: 1758: yearly meeting condemns the slave trade and holding of slaves, 1775: formation of the society for the relief of free negros unlawfully held in bondage. The quaker abolition movement: barely four feet tall, with misshapen body and sharp tongue, radical. How did the constitution deal with slavery: it makes no mention of it, three-fifths compromise to adjust representation in congress- every. African american man counts as 3/5 of a person in voting; african.
