Slavery And Native Americans In The Early 19th Century

Cassandra, I agreed with your thought on how white settlers were feeling toward Natives, versus slaves, which made the difference in the success of Antislavery movement and Native Americans' resistance to removal.
Most Whites at that time hold the thought that Natives were not as civilized (or even civilized at all) as them. However, they still somewhat feared the Natives, because they had the legitimate reasons and the power to fight for the land. Natives were the original residents, people in the tribe lived together, they already established a society and their own belief. They would definitely fight to keep those things intact. We saw that many tribes tried their best to resist. In addition, because settlers wrongly took Natives' lands, they feared that Natives would try to take it back. Even if some tribe, like the Cherokee, simply want to live in their sacred land. Because of the language barriers, and they were living on their land, Americans can't tell if they were plotting for an attack, or simply just a normal religious
Even though they were categorized as "black", they did not share the same culture or language. Because of language barriers between the slaves themselves, any communication, even plan for any uprising, must be made in English. This made few uprising in the early 19th century a success. Also, most of the time, they were under the close watch of their master. I guessed that why Americans felt more threatened by Natives American than slaves. However, after some successful uprising like the one led by Nat Turner, several slave owners also feared the power of slaves and decided to strengthen the control. Multiple laws made by slave states forbade slaves from gathering, learning how to read and write, earn money, possess weapons. Some states, like Texas, didn't even allow free blacks or mulattos from entering, to prevent them from inspiring the