HIST 17A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Olaudah Equiano, Stono Rebellion, Arson
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Nathaniel bacon wanted lower taxes for newly freed indentured slaves. Shift in slave labor: slavery gains a higher importance. Made it to the new world and was sold into slavery. Was able to buy his freedom and learned to read or write: wrote a book documenting his time as a slave tobacco brides. Passage sponsored by husbands: purchased in the form of tobacco, hence the name. Slaves wreak havoc: use arson as a visual cue that a rebellion is occurring. Stop at a tavern where they are seen by lieutenant bull: alerts local militia, slaughtered slaves and put their heads on pikes. Negro act is passed in 1740: made slavery harder for blacks. Given as a part of the gift exchange. Taken to spain in 1566 after a failed attempt at colonization. Father segura leads a small group of jesuit clerics in 1570: no soldiers, packed very little food.
