Episodes Around: 18190220

  1. The American Coloinzation Society: An American Cause
    date 1819map HANOVER, Virginiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    In the early nineteenth century, the country was concerned with slavery in America and getting rid of it in a timely manner with as little consequences as possible. In order to help this concern, The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. Border States such as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia had the most chapters because of their locations and ideas about slavery. In Virginia, many...

  2. Scientific Expeditions in Kentucky
    date 1819map NICHOLAS, Kentuckytags Education

    It was a discovery for the ages. John Clifford's exploratory work in the hills of rural Kentucky had uncovered an extinct specimen key to the development of the field of naturalism: the univalve flinty shell. In 1819, the good scientist unabashedly declared it highly valuable and [it] will be deemed as such by all the enlightened naturalists of America and Europe. In Garrard and Estill counties,...

  3. Support for Jackson
    date January, 1819 to February, 1819map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Government, Native-Americans, War

    In March of 1818, Jackson invaded Florida, brought down Fort Negro, and seized parts of Florida, which was under Spanish control. Jackson's actions caused international repercussions. Spain protested the invasion, which led to the halt of negotiations to buy Spanish Florida. The invasion, also, led Britain to protest the execution of two of its subjects who had never entered the United State...

  4. Missouri Compromise
    date February 13, 1819 to March 6, 1820map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Slavery

    The Missouri Territory had requested admission to the US as a slave state as early as 1818. This otherwise routine petition became a complicated national debate over slavery. At the time, the nation held a balance of eleven slave and eleven free states, and although Missourians were undivided in their desire for unrestricted slavery, implementing such a system in a new state could cause bitter...

  5. Former Slave Seeks White Endorsement
    date February 20, 1819map RICHMOND, Georgiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    In Augusta, Georgia, Henry Hartford Cumming released his slave Henry Todd from the bonds of slavery in 1809. However, the freed African American didn't leave the Augusta area. Instead, he waited until he could purchase and earn his path outside of the region. When Henry decided to leave, Cumming, in 1819, asked for and received the signatures of many white, male aristocrats. They all endorsed...