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Spiers v. Willison
Rebecca Willison claimed that she had the title to the slaves her grandmother had. At her trial she offered parol proof that her grandmother had given them to her b y a deed, but it was lost. Because of the Virginia act of assembly, "no gift of a slave was valid unless in writing and recorded." so she could not acquire the slaves. -
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Nat Turner
In 1831 Nat Turner decided to enlist several other men to revolt. On August 22 in the morning, Nat Turner and the other men murdered their master and their families. By the afternoon the number of slaves rebelling rose to 60. Until they ended up in a face off against a group of white men. This event caused Virginia to get ready for war. Turner hid in a hole for a 1.5 months before he was found and brought to trial. In the end 60 slaves were executed and Nat Turner was hung. -
Amistad
In 1839, a slave revolt took place on a Spanish ship named Amistad. Africans were on their way to be shipped out of Cuba. However 53 men took charge of the boat. These men only spared the lives of 2 Cubans who promised to take them back to Africa. They wandered the seas for about 2 months, until they were taken into custody in Long Island. They participated in a 2 year long trial, where they fought for their freedom. In January 1842, they were able to return to West Africa. -
Creole
The only successful rebellion that has transpired on an American ship was in November, 1841. The ship left Richmond and was on its way to New Orleans. It was making this journey to sell tobacco and 135 slaves. There was a remote fight between the guards and slaves which turned into a whole battle. Once all the slaves seized control of the ship, they sailed to the Bahamas. Every slave on that ship received their freedom in the Bahamas. -
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Bleeding Kansas
The Bleeding Kansas was when there was lots of violence and a-lot of killing of black people. What caused it was the Kansas-Nebraska Act was overturned the Missouri Compromise's of the boundary between the slave and the free territory, they decided that the civilians of the state would decide if it was a free state or not. -
Confiscation Act
The confiscation act was a law that was passed in hopes to free slaves that were still held by the Confederates in the South. The act allowed federal government to seize property, which also included slave property. -
David Hunter
David Hunter had an unauthorized order in 1862. It was immediately rescinded. David Hunter tried to authorize emancipating slaves in 3 states that were Southern. Also fun fact David Hunter was involved with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. -
D.C. Emancipation Act
This act was to abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Gave loyal Unionist slaveholders of up to $300 for each slave. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation during third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation said "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free." It granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate states. -
13th Amendant
This amendment was passed and stated "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Basically slavery is abolished.
