Question

part i: historical timeline
directions: for each event below, research the historical context using class materials, textbooks, maps, and reliable sources.

| the clue (investigate the context) | your answer

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1 | in 1619, a privateer ship called the white lion docked at this specific location in virginia with “20 and odd” africans. |
2 | in 1738, freedom - seekers fled south to spanish florida to establish this first legally sanctioned free black settlement. |
3 | eli whitney’s 1793 invention was meant to reduce labor, but it actually made “green seed” cotton so profitable that slavery expanded. |
4 | this 1831 uprising in southampton county, va, caused a “great panic” and led to laws banning black people from learning to read. |
5 | in 1849, a woman used the “north star” to navigate this secret network of routes and safehouses to reach philadelphia. |
6 | at an 1851 convention, a speaker challenged the idea that women were “delicate” by asking, “ar’n’t i a woman?” |
7 | in 1857, chief justice taney ruled that a specific enslaved man was “property” and had no standing to sue in federal court. name the case. |
8 | in 1859, an abolitionist group seized a federal arsenal to start a revolt. in which city and state (now west virginia) did this occur? |
9 | this 1863 executive order only applied to states that were “in rebellion,” leaving enslaved people in “border states” still in bondage. |

Explanation:

1. The White Lion docked at this Virginia site in 1619, bringing the first recorded enslaved Africans to the English colonies.
2. Fort Mose, founded in 1738, was the first legally recognized free Black settlement in what would become the U.S.
3. Eli Whitney's 1793 cotton gin made short-staple cotton profitable, increasing demand for enslaved labor.
4. This 1831 rebellion led to harsh restrictions on enslaved people's education and movement.
5. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of routes and safehouses used by freedom seekers; the North Star was a key navigational tool.
6. Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Akron Women's Rights Convention.
7. The 1857 Supreme Court ruling denied enslaved people citizenship and legal standing.
8. John Brown led an abolitionist raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal in 1859, aiming to arm enslaved people for rebellion.
9. President Lincoln's 1863 order only freed enslaved people in Confederate-held territory, not border states still in the Union.

Answer:

1. Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia
2. Fort Mose (Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose)
3. Cotton Gin
4. Nat Turner's Rebellion (Southampton Insurrection)
5. Underground Railroad
6. Sojourner Truth (at the Akron Women's Rights Convention)
7. Dred Scott v. Sandford
8. Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)
9. Emancipation Proclamation