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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves"
By Abraham Lincoln
This quote means that someone who doesn't give freedom to everyone should not have freedom themselves.

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Abolitionist Code by Ezra Solomon and Joel Porter

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Abolitionist Code by Ezra Solomon and Joel Porter

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This is a newspaper article in the code used by the Underground Railroad and abolitionists.

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Roll Jordan Roll Spiritual by Joel Porter and Ezra Solomon

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Roll Jordan Roll Spiritual by Joel Porter and Ezra Solomon

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This song is a spiritual that was used by slaves to communicate on how to escape.

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Spirituals for My Padlet Assignment - Joel Porter

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American slave diets video by Joel Porter

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American slave diets video by Joel Porter

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This video tells of all the different foods that the African slaves would eat and not eat such as they would eat yams but not corn mush

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National Museum of African American History

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The Hand That Stirred The Pot: African Foods in America (Accessible Preview)

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Over 10 million slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas, bringing with them their knowledge of how to grow and cook their traditional foods. The slaves came from many different tribes with many different diets. This program shows the major influence these diverse cultures had on western cooking and culture.

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“...I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of the land... I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Never was there a clearer case of 'stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.' I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies, which every where surround me. We have men-stealers for ministers, women-whippers for missionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members. The man who wields the blood-clotted cowskin during the week fills the pulpit on Sunday, and claims to be a minister of the meek and lowly Jesus. . . . The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave-trade go hand in hand together. The slave prison and the church stand near each other. The clanking of fetters and the rattling of chains in the prison, and the pious psalm and solemn prayer in the church, may be heard at the same time. The dealers in the bodies of men erect their stand in the presence of the pulpit, and they mutually help each other. The dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pulpit, and the pulpit, in return, covers his infernal business with the garb of Christianity. Here we have religion and robbery the allies of each other—devils dressed in angels’ robes, and hell presenting the semblance of paradise.”

-Fredrick Douglas
Says that he is tired of the corruptness of slavery and that man who whips all day in the field spends his time at church for all of the sins he has done, he acts like the devil but yet goes to church dressed like n angel and praises the lord.

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Cotton was a vital source for the need of slaves. Without cotton there would be less slaves because the farmers grew mostly cotton. But when cotton production increased so did slavery.

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The map of the Cotton Belt by Ezra Solomon

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The map of the Cotton Belt by Ezra Solomon

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This map shows the Cotton Belt, a group of states in the South from Texas to Florida that profited the most from the growth and trade of cotton.

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American Slave Revolts video by Ezra Solomon

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American Slave Revolts video by Ezra Solomon

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This video taught me about slave revolts from  the Stono Rebellion in 1739 to the Nat Turner Rebellion in 1831.

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Uploaded by Connor Jackson on 2016-04-28.

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“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.”
― Muhammad Ali
What Muhammad Ali said was that why should he serve in the military to destroy the country of Vietnam when black people in America were being discriminated because of their race. He was saying that he wasn't going to fight for white people to be supreme, and he would rather lose money or go to prison.

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This pictures shows several slaves chained together, guarded by two African American soldiers.

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Cotton plantations grew cotton which was the biggest and fastest selling product in the 1800 and 1900 during the time of slavery.

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Graph on slave population in the U.S. (1790-1860) by Ezra Solomon

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Graph on slave population in the U.S. (1790-1860) by Ezra Solomon

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This graph shows that from 1790 to 1860, the population of slaves grew from a little over 500,000 to almost 4,000,000.