Rise And Fall of the Slave South (Fall 2006)

University of Virginia
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African-Americans Agriculture Church/Religious-Activity Migration/Transportation Race-Relations Slavery Urban-Life/Boosterism

Episodes

  1. An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America published
    date 1858map CHATHAM, Georgiatags African-Americans, Slavery

    Thomas R.R. Cobb published his An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America after significant research on ancient slavery laws. Cobb was a diehard secessionist and respected a Georgia lawyer. His book is one of the only to defend slavery based on legal theory, but it is still racist in the extreme. In the Preface, Cobb claims that “my book has no political, no sectional...

  2. Mississippi Passes a State Civil Rights Bill
    date February 27, 1873map HINDS, Mississippitags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    During the time of Reconstruction, strong Republican parties grew as a result of heavy reliance of blacks as their constituency. Generating the overwhelming majority of the party's votes, blacks became the majority of the electorate in Southern states, such as South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi. As the black support increased, it was clear that policies and enactments had to be geared towards...

  3. Alabama Legislature Introduces a Civil Rights Bill
    date February 20, 1873map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    As acquiring civil rights became a political mark indicating the party's commitment to its black supporters, the passage of these measures demonstrated the shift of priority and power that was occurring within the Republican Party. Indeed, the black constituency in the South greatly influenced and led legislation. Needing to consolidate the crucial black vote, Republican legislators pressed for additional...

  4. The Air-Line Railroad Completed
    date April 4, 1873map SPARTANBURG, South Carolinatags Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Organized in 1870, the Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line combined the Georgia Air Line Railway and the Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina under president Algernon S. Buford. The line was complete by 1873. Many people of South Carolina were overjoyed by the completion of this railway, because it finally gave the people a cheap route northward. For these people, the railway represented the advancing...

  5. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Completed
    date January 29, 1873map HENRICO, Virginiatags Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway began as the Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia in 1836. By 1850, the Louisa Railroad was built east to Richmond and west to Charlottesville. As the railway extended, it was renamed the Virginia Central Railroad. Desiring to move forward with internal improvements, the Commonwealth of Virginia allotted money to continue to expand the line. Moving westward, the...

  6. Supreme Court Overrules Decision in United States vs. A. Given
    date January 9, 1873map NEW CASTLE, Delawaretags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    In order to make the Fifteenth Amendment ineffective in Delaware and fend off potential black voters for the Republican Party, the Democratic legislators enacted the Assessment and Collection Laws of 1873. These laws were a means of assessing property and establishing voter eligibility. Simply put, these laws made it the responsibility of a Delaware resident to see that his name was on the assessment...

  7. President Ulysses S. Grant Gives Second Inaugural Address
    date March 4, 1873map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations

    After reelection in 1872, President Grant presented his second inaugural address on a frigid March day the following year. Called “the most brilliant inauguration which ever took place in this country' by The Courier-Journal, the speech was witnessed by thousands of spectators who had been attracted to Washington simply for this occasion. The immense crowd cheered the President as he passed along...

  8. Democrats Control the Thirteenth Legislature in Texas
    date January 4, 1873 to June 4, 1873map AUSTIN, Texastags Race-Relations

    Controlling both houses of the Legislature, the Democrats of the thirteenth legislature furthered the efforts of “redeeming' the state from the Republicans. They would also be crucial in bringing the Texas state government back into the hands of the Democratic Party. Although the Republicans still retained a stronghold in the beginning of 1873 through the office of Governor Edmund J. Davis and...

  9. Maryland Holds a State Temperance Convention
    date May 7, 1873 to May 8, 1873map BALTIMORE, Marylandtags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity

    A State Temperance Convention assembled in Baltimore, Maryland with the purpose of forming an auxiliary to the National Temperance Convention in New York. A large presence of over three hundred delegates attended the convention, a number of which were African-Americans occupying seats in common with white delegates. The delegates, in general, were composed of a variety of distinguished figures representing...

  10. Congress Passes the Timber Culture Act
    date March 3, 1873map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Agriculture

    Throughout the 19th Century, the American government as well as people continued to maintain the desire to push the move out West. Dealing with westward expansion and land ownership, the United States government passed a series of Homestead Laws over the decade in order to promote the settlement of Americans westward. In 1841, Congress passed the Pre-emption Act in response to the demands of the Western...

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