https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac History Thing en-us 2019-02-15 18:46:56 UTC 2019-03-15 00:32:05 UTC hello@padlet.com erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/331878891 The Missouri Compromise stated that the states above the 36° 30' latitude line (except Missouri) prohibited slavery. Also adding on that any slave that runs away from a slave state is to be returned to said state/owner no matter what state they are found in.
"That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as aforesaid." 

]]> 2019-02-15 19:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/331878891 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/332897762 In the letter Henry says that slavery isn't a federal matter but instead a state matter. He also says that slavery is a violation of human rights and is only around because it is a 'necessity'.
 "Slavery is undoubtedly a manifest violation of the rights of man. It can only be justified in America, if at all, by necessity....Congress has no power, as I think, to establish any system of emancipation, gradual or immediate, in behalf of the present or any future generation."]]> 2019-02-19 19:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/332897762 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333468827 The document talks about how Lincoln sees a ship full of slaves and thought that they looked happy even though he compared them to fish (inhumane treatment). It also shows in his letter that he understands that the slaves are taken from their families and everything that may comfort them but doesn't think it can affect them in a bad manner.
"They were chained six and six
together. A small iron chain was around the left wrist of each so
that the Negroes were strung together precisely like so many fish
upon a trot-line. In this condition they were being separated
forever from the scenes of their childhood, their friends, their
fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters, and many of them,
from their wives and children, and going into perpetual slavery, . .
. yet amid all these distressing circumstances . . . they were the
most cheerful and apparently happy creatures on board."]]> 2019-02-21 02:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333468827 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333478449 The document states that slaves were treated like cattle and sold as such. Then is goes to say that the people say that goes against the basic rights for men and color doesn't matter.
sets out
"with declaring that all men are born free and equal—and that every subject is entitled to
liberty, and to have it guarded by the laws, as well as life and property—and in short is
totally repugnant to the idea of being born slaves. "]]> 2019-02-21 03:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333478449 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333629329 The slave act stated that (in a nutshell) that if a slave ran away and they were caught they would be returned to their owner. To add onto that if they were in a free-state they still had to be returned if unable to provide papers stating they were free. So even if a person was free, if they didn't have papers they would be taken as a slave. Also if someone were to hide a runaway they would be put in jail.
"And be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct, hinder, or prevent such claimant, his agent or attorney, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him, her, or them, from arresting such a fugitive from service or labor... so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such person was a fugitive from service or labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months"]]> 2019-02-21 14:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333629329 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333633360 Frederick Douglas talks of how, as a slave, he was broken as a person. Also of how he was beaten a lot and told of him fighting back for once and feeling human again. This shows us how inhumanly slaves were treated and how they felt themselves.
"This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the
few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. It
recalled the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be
free. . . ."]]> 2019-02-21 14:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333633360 erin_johnston3 https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333750855 The documents show that for awhile (the doc from 1783) many people thought that slavery was inhumane and wrong but never made a move to end it. Moving onto The Missouri Compromise (1820) takes a step forward in banning slavery in the northern states. That shows that the people were finally doing something against slavery after finding it wrong. Next in Henry Clay's letter (1831) kinda hits the nail on the head by saying slaves are a necessity and that is why they've stuck around. He says that slavery is bad and wrong, but people "need" the slaves to work and because of that the banning of slavery should be a state matter rather than a federal matter. Lincolns Letter (1841) describes the inhumane treatment of slaves (how they've been separated from their lives and how they are treated like animals). Although he shows some ignorance towards it, it still tells us that slaves were not treated as people. Doc G (1845) is a narrative written by a slave and he describes that as a person he was broken and treated as nothing even though in many states slavery was banned. Frederick Douglas escaped slavery in 1838 meaning that while he was a slave many people were already against it. Lastly The Fugitive Slave Act (1850) that was apart of the compromise of 1850, was created for the states that still allowed slavery to continue. Also it acknowledges that many people were against the idea of slavery but they couldn't really do anything about it because of those who wanted it.]]> 2019-02-21 17:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_johnston3/okybw5zikiac/wish/333750855