Race, Slaves And Abolitionists: Black History Quiz!

Prior to being elected President of the U.S. by a small margin, Lincoln was elected as a Whig aligned Congressman for the State of Illinois. It wasn't until later that the many former Whigs (including Lincoln), abolitionists, and Free-soilers reformed as the G.O.P (A.K.A Republicans).

The above statement happens to be false, generally, Nationality and "race" were not the original litmus test for determining freemen. The English colonists of the United States identified above all else as Christians, so the original target for Slavery was Non-Christians. These Non-Christians could include Jewish slaves, Native American Slaves (i.e. Squanto), and Yoruba of African Origin. In the latter part of the 16th Century, it was possible for one to be freed from bondage by converting to Christianity.

The British Empire formally abolished Slavery prior to 1807. The American Civil War didn't take place officially until 1861.

This law in conjunction with the rule of Partus, also passed by the Virginia House of Burgess, was the beginning of the caste structure we have come to know as Free and Slave. Throughout the years, we would find that people subjected to slavery in the Americas included people of Irish, African, Southeast Asian, and Native American ancestry.

These cases happened to be very well documented. The reasons behind this vary from recently manumitted "free persons of color" buying their relatives freedom to Black plantation owners supplying a workforce for agriculture.

Frederick Douglass is famous for the quote, "I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress." This quote reflects Douglass' political affiliation as a Republican and his commitment to the principles of freedom and progress. Douglass was a prominent African American abolitionist and social reformer, known for his powerful speeches and writings advocating for the rights of African Americans and women. He believed that the Republican Party, with its platform of anti-slavery and equality, aligned with his values and goals for social change.

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If you answered D. it's very evident you didn't fair well in history class, the correct answer is C. Dred Scott. Despite spending a majority of his life in "Free States", he was unable to sue for his very Freedom. Scott did marry and have children, one on free soil, but he was never legally granted the same representation as Non-Slaves.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited the institution of Slavery in the Northern States. The motivation for this act was to provide an essentially free and forced Labor force for the expansion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

If you thought this was true, the account of history was quite to the contrary. The original civil rights bills were passed by the Republicans in this same time frame, but due to intimidation through Lynchings, the Democratic Party regained control of the legislature and ultimately overturned these laws. It wouldn't be until nearly a hundred years later that Republicans would comprise the greatest majority in support of these bills.

The Partus rule is normally used as shorthand for the Latin term "Partus sequitur ventrem" or "That which follows forth from the womb". This colonial mandate was passed by Virginia's House of Burgess in 1662 and ruled that the race/status of the mother was passed on to the child, regardless of the race or status of the father. Some historians believe this was done to supply a workforce to the colonies that encountered difficulties enticing indentured servitude.

As a matter of fact, the one drop rule was never established as law until the 1920s in Tennessee and Virginia. It's tempting to make a broad assumption that all blacks were slaves and whites were slave holders however this was not always the case. Eston Hemmings, Grand Son of Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jeffererson, was born into Slavery but under the law he was legally white. It is rumored that this legal distinction was seen as a threat for whites to be kidnapped and sold clandestinely into slavery. The one drop rule was adopted in many southern states as a part of widespread Eugenics movement.

He was the only Freeborn African American to escape capture. With assistance from Mary Ann Shadd, he published his inspiring account of his role in the raid and explained that many local slaves would have welcomed their liberation and some in fact had helped Brown and his men. Almost five years after the raid, he served as a recruitment officer for the Union Army in Indiana and Arkansas.

While this romantic notion sounds novel and idealistic of the Native American Religion, it couldn't be further from the truth. Slavery has been practiced on every continent on the planet, to include the Americas. Native Americans usually took slaves in Tribal warfare, prior to European arrival. The group that would be known as the five civilized tribes (i.e. Choctaw, Cherokee) would later engage in buying slaves directly from the traders. These slaves would be the one's carrying the belongings of the tribes on the trail of tears.

Despite the general association of Slavery with the Southern Colonies, Massachusetts was the first colony to recognize it as a means to support trade.