ACP US History Anthology by Tyler Ashby https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3 Central Question: Why did some Hoosiers lose their right to vote and own property in 1851? en-us 2021-11-12 15:32:40 UTC 2024-07-15 11:27:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886938921
  • In 1850 Indiana was the second highest state of the Northwest Territory to have settlements, greater than or equal to 199 acres, with at least one male landowner that was from an African decent
  • This doesn’t include people who had successful businesses in urban area such s black smiths and people who didn’t want their settlement to be documented because of anti-immigration laws, fugitive laws and unjust tax policies.
  • Tens of thousands African American pioneers migrated to the “great west”, most of them chose to not come to cities but rather some of the wildest edges of the frontier. Many of their accomplishments were lost so historians assumed that they weren‘t successful. 
  • It was counted over 63,000 African Americans living in the Northwest territory states. 
  • William Loyd Garrison recalled on his time in the Northwest Territory that “people of every clime and race standing side by side, grouped together in one common locality… and continually interchanging the kindnesses and courtesies of civilized life!” and realized that in some parts of the Northwest Territory this wasn’t an idea, it was a reality 
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 15:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886938921     Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939187 This text explains how during the early 1800s the Great West, which included Indiana, was the foremost leader of equality in America.  While not directly relating to the central question, this text provides the necessary contested  needed in order to properly show why taking people’s voting rights away was such a big deal besides the obvious reason that people’s right are being taken away.]]> 2021-11-12 15:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939187 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939542
  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787 opened up territories for purchase by citizens: promised no slavery and voting rights to any man who owned land
  • Freed slaves often went to rural areas as well as cities 
  • In Randolph County, Indiana the Union Literary Institute was created, a boarding school for all people white, black, boys, girls. The school even had an African-American president
  • In 1792 a large percentage of states had equal voting rights among men
  • Some politicians began to describe prejudice laws as nonsensical and based on differences in hair follicles
    •  At any point you could decide to exclude any group of people from citizenship
    • Deciding who is and isn’t an ‘American
  • “there has never been a time in this nation when there hasn’t been a very loud voice from both African-American and whites saying no, slavery is tyranny.”
  • Polly Strong who was enslaved in Indiana had to sue the man who was threatening and enslaving her, to overcame slavery in a supposedly free state
  • In 1840 the largest mill owner in Indiana, in Warwick County who was an African American, was driven out of the area at gunpoint, despite the services he was doing in the area, which caused the area economy to crash 
  • Duke to the amount of violence caused by the argument of slavery, a gag rule was placed in the federal government saying that they cannot talk about slavery 
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 15:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939542     Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939771 This is another text that gives context too the central question. This text shows how polarizing the topic of slavery and equality was along with how common racism was even in the northern states. This text shows a different side to the north than what was presented in the previous text. Where the previous text talks about the great west as this relative egalitarian society, this text bring to light the racism and violence that both black people and abolitionists faced. ]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939771 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939996
  • Marion County 
    • Marion County, there was one documented settlement of African Americans that was located in Bridgeport, Wayne Township
    • Marion County offered economic opportunity over the decades and African Americans arrived seeking employment and community. From pre-statehood through 1870, Indianapolis lead the state in African American population 
    •  In the 1850s two percent of Marion County’s population was black
    • Most of the 835 African Americans (708) lived in Center Township. The remainder of the population was distributed in every township except Lawrence and Pike.
  • Hamilton County 
    • In Hamilton County the only significant settlement was called the Roberts settlement 
    • In the 1870s the settlement peaked with around 300 residents, however by the 1900s much of Indiana shifted towards jobs in towns and cities and many of the residents of the Roberts settlement left by 1920
    • The settlement was farm based and they occupied and farmed around 2,000 acres
    • The reason why the chose Hamilton county iOS because of the large Quaker population  
  • Scott County
    • In Scott County there were no African American settlements documented, however  there were small numbers of African Americans living there. 
    • There were six enslaved people in the county from the years 1820-1900and  the numbers of African American people who weren’t enslaved was a very low number, and decreased overall from 15 in 1830 to one in 1900
    • These numbers may not be entirely accurate because the census data all depended on whether citizens wanted to report their data.
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 15:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886939996     Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940190 This collection of texts is another one that peers in to the lives of free African Americans during the 1800s. This provides us with even more context on the lives of African American before their right to vote was taken away, however this isn’t as strong as evidence than the other two texts.]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940190 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940391
  • Dred Scott, an illiterate Missouri slave, was taken by his master to the free state of Illinois and then to a portion of Wisconsin Territory  
  •  Since it lay north of the line of 36° 30' established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820  these area where considered free territories and states 
  • So he sued for his freedom on the group that he was living on free lands, which was eventually sent up to the Supreme Court, headed by the  pro-southern Chief justice Roger Taney
  • The court does not rule in his favor because they basically say that the right to own slaves is in the Constitution and that slaves are their masters property and that property stays property no matter where they go
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 15:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940391     Reflection tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940566 This is really the first text the tells me why black peoples rights are being taken away that not just racism. By saying that all salves remain salves no matter where they live, not only makes things such as the fugitive slave act legal, it also allows for places like Indiana to restrict voting right and the rights of black people since the majority of black people living here were fugitive slaves and according to the Supreme Court the property of their master. ]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940566 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940695
  • This was during a debate between Lincoln and Stephan Douglas 
  • He says that he does not believe that back people and white peoples should live on equal footing 
  • He does not believe that he has the legal right to put on end to southern slavery and he does not want to interfere 
  • However he does say that, “there is no reason in tpe world why the Negro is not entitled to all the natural  rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. “
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 15:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940695     Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940906 This text provides more on an insight to what the more moderate northerners thought about black people. This tells me that although they were against slavery, they did not believe that black people were on the same level as them. The fact that this is coming from Ab Lincoln, who was considered the face of the north during the time by the modern day, shows that the was more than likely the opinion of the majority of the northerners. This text relates back to the central question by showing that people supporting taking rights away from free black people and that could be a possible reason why their right to vote got taken away.]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886940906 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886941072 This speech takes place during the same debate mentioned previously. During his speech Douglas goes onto explain that he believes that black people adn who it’s people are not equals and that America is “made by white men for the benefit of white men and their posterity for ever” and all of these statements were met with a positive reception by the crowd.]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886941072 Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886941245 This viewpoint is obviously a bit more extreme than Lincoln’s, however the crowd reactions show that this is the opinion of many people fo the area and time. This text relates back to the central question by showing that people supporting taking rights away from free black people and that could be a possible reason why their right to vote got taken away.]]> 2021-11-12 15:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1886941245 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887041815 2021-11-12 16:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887041815 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887044717 2021-11-12 16:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887044717 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887048390 2021-11-12 16:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887048390 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887050036 2021-11-12 16:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887050036 tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887058156 2021-11-12 16:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887058156 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887064231
  • Article eight and article 11 section 7 talks about not allowing slavery 
  • Article 6 says that white men over 21 can vote but does not explicitly exiled anyone
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 16:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887064231     Reflection tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887064376 This text gives more context to the central question by showing that technically black Americans could vote. In a paper I would use this source in order to prove that at one point in during the 1800s black American had the right to vote.

    ]]>     2021-11-12 16:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887064376     Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065175 2021-11-12 16:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065175 Observations tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065493
  • Article 2, section 2 states that all white male citizens can vote
  • Article 2 section 5 stays that no black person or mulatto has the right of suffrage 
  • Article 13 section 1 says that no black person or mulatto shall come into or settle in the state
  • Article 13 section 2 says that contracts made with black people shall be void 
  • Article 13 was later shot down in the Indiana Supreme Court
    • ]]>     2021-11-12 16:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065493     Reflections tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065647 This is the first text that  shows that black people got their voting rights taken away. Compare this to the constitution of 1816 this one more throughly outlines who can and can’t vote and takes the rights away from more people, however, it does not explain why this happened. This relates to the central question by showing that some American voting rights are being taken away.]]> 2021-11-12 16:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887065647 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887066479 2021-11-12 16:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1887066479 Source tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1895943138 2021-11-17 04:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1895943138 tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1896001215 During the 1800s many free black men were given many rights in the great west relation which includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.  So much so in fact famous abolitionist William Loyd Garrison spoke about he area he said that “people of every clime and race standing side by side, grouped together in one common locality… and continually interchanging the kindnesses and courtesies of civilized life!” However, this all change as the decades passed on and these next few texts shows us how and why these rights got taken away.]]> 2021-11-17 04:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1896001215 tyler_ashby_2023 https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1896007003 The cause behind why free black men got their right to vote take away can be boiled down to one thing, racism. The people that lived in this area did not believe that black people and white peoples could live in harmony. This lead to the right to vote being taken away and even some places trying to completely ban all black people form living in the state at all.]]> 2021-11-17 04:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_ashby_2023/qc4xrx8fas9k49y3/wish/1896007003