The History of Slavery, its Abolition, and Resurrection
In this class, we will examine the history of slavery from the ancient times to the American experience, the rise of the abolition movement that culminated with the end of slavery in the Civil War, and finally the re-enslavement of the African Americans after the war.
David Davis
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What's included
12 live meetings
12 in-class hoursClass Experience
Course Outline-Slavery, Abolition, and Re-enslavement
The course will be presented by lecture and power point presentations. Students should have a basic knowledge of American history through 1876. There will be no assigned homework, although a bibliography will be provided to supplement what is presented in class.
LECTURE #1 DEFINITIONS, ORIGINS, EARLY HISTORY
I. What is slavery? Definitions
II. Slavery in ancient times
III. Slavery in the middle ages
IV. Enlightenment views on slavery
V. The Rise of sugar
LECTURE #2 SLAVERY COMES TO THE AMERICAS
I. The Caribbean and South America
The early voyages
II. Wealth in the Americas
A. Sugar and slaves
B. Tobacco-the savior of the Virginia experiment
C. Cotton
III. The English efforts-Beyond the line(Outside the limits of treaties)
A. why do they come
B. who comes
C. How pay for colonizing
D. The Chesapeake Bay–The disaster and transformation
1. The recipe for disaster
2. 1619 –Three major changes
3. Slavery introduced
4. The transformation
LECTURE #3 THE SLAVE PROCESS
I. Slavery in the colonies and states
II. The dehumanization of slaves
A. Capturing slaves
B. The Middle Passage
C. Slave auctions
D. The Slave culture in the south
E. Plantation society
III. The life of slave men and women
IV. The southern economy
V. Slave resistence
VI. Slavery is a positive good
LECTURE #4 ABOLITION
I. Early efforts
A. Christianity
B. England
C. Enlightenment
II. The American abolition movement
A. Methodists, Quakers
B. The American Revolution
III. Slavery and the Constitution
IV. Abolition’s voices
A. Northern attitudes towards slavery and race
B. Slavery becomes a political issue
C. John Brown’s raid
D. The election of Abraham Lincoln
LECTURE #5 AMERICA’S IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLES
I. The American Revolution-Declaration of Independence
II. Slavery and the US Constitution
III. Legislation and slavery
A. Compromise of 1820
B. Compromise of 1850
IV. The war with Mexico
A. The slave tinge and its impact on political parties and society
V. Weakening of the cords of union
A. Fugitive Slave laws
B. Dred Scot
C. Bleeding Kansas
D. Brooks/Sumner clash
VI. The final straws
A. John Brown
B. The rise of Abraham Lincoln
C. The election of 1860
D. Ft. Sumter
LECTURE #6 THE TWO CIVIL WARS-ABOLITION’S FAILURE
I. The course of the war
A. Why Lincoln fought the war
B. The Emancipation Proclamation
II Reconstruction
A. Lincoln’s plan
B. Andrew Johnson’s plan
C. Congressional Reconstrudtion
1. The Civil War Amendments
D. What the blacks did after the war
E. Southern resistance and federal response
F. The end of reconstruction
III. Re enslavement of blacks
A. Post war economy in the south
B. Jim Crow laws
C. Judicial resistance to changing the south
D. Elimination of the 15th amendment right to vote
IV The rise of black resistanceOther Details
Supply List
A bibliography will be provided, but there will be no specific book or text required.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2017
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I hold Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. After serving four years in the United States Army, including a tour in Vietnam, I decided to become a lawyer, and I graduated from the University of Florida in 1978.
I am retired from the law, but for 38 years I practiced law as an Assistant Public Defender in Florida. Most of time I represented men who had been sentenced to death in this State, and over the course of my career I defended about 100 men facing capital punishment. The highlight came about 4 years ago when I convinced the United States Supreme Court to look at the constitutionality of Florida's death sentencing scheme. The national high court found it an unconstitutional violation of the Sixth Amendment.
During this time I returned to history, a passion that has been with me all my life. I completed a Master of Arts degree in History at Florida State University in 1991, and finished the course work for a Ph. D. three years later.
For the past 18 years, I have taught US History at a local community college. I have also taught senior and graduate level courses in history at Florida State University. Slavery, the US Constitution, and the formation and development of our country have captured my interest.
I have made presentations at several historical and legal conferences, written many articles on the law, and contributed to an historical dictionary.
I am married and have 10 children, the last two being adopted from the Ukraine. In my spare time, I am involved in amateur radio, backpacking and canoeing.
My wife and I homeschooled 6 of our children, and it was a good experience for us and them. We have no regrets. Most of them have graduated from college. Two are engineers, one is a doctor, another is a nurse, another is in medical school, another is a high school teacher, another is with her husband as he attends school at Oxford in England, and another is a pastry chef at an upscale restaurant. My youngest son is in college and his older brother is in prison.Reviews
Live Group Class
$45
for 12 classes1x per week, 12 weeks
60 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
3-12 learners per class
