Slavery
Slavery | Chapter 2 Preface
One of the most significant slave rebellions for the United States took place outside its borders. In 1791, in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (now the nation of Haiti), tens of thousands of slaves, runaways, and free blacks began slaughtering whites in the northern settlements of Saint Domingue and burning the homes and property of slaveholders. The rebellion was the culmination of years of violent confrontations between black slaves and white slaveholders in the French colony, and it was also inspired in part by the French Revolution of 1789. The rebellion ended when it...
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Slavery Is a Positive Good
- Slavery Is Evil
- Slavery Was Oppressive and Dehumanizing
- The Harshness of Slave Life Has Been Exaggerated
- The U.S. Government Should Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
- The U.S. Government Should Not Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Resistance to Slavery Is Justified
- Resistance to Slavery Is Not Justified
- The Underground Railroad Aided Many Runaway Slaves
- The Underground Railroad Was Largely a Myth
- Black Resistance to American Slavery Was Widespread
- Open Rebellion Against American Slavery Was Relatively Limited
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Popular Sovereignty over Slavery Divides the Nation
- Popular Sovereignty Should Decide Slavery
- Freeing the Slaves Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Preserving the Union Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Slavery Would Have Been Abolished Without the Civil War
- Slavery Would Have Continued Indefinitely Without the Civil War
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