The Revolutionary Era Crossroads Of Freedom Summary
Chapter 5 “The Revolutionary Era: Crossroads of Freedom,” This chapter focuses on Revolutionary era and the war between Britain and the colonies. It shed light on the lives of the African Americans during the war and the decisions they made to fight with or against the colonies they were enslaved in.
The first important topic is about Thomas Peters fight to get his freedom. Thomas Peters was a young man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was sold form one owner to another. He was sold to a colonist named William Campbell who lived on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. There he learned the trade of millwright. There were constant clashes between the British and the colonists and rumors began spread about a slave revolution planned for July. The British encouraged the slaves to run away from their masters and promised them protection from the colonist. In 1776 Peters and his family risked it all escaping to the British Ship on the Cape River finally gaining their …show more content…
Four years after the war slave owners were still hanging on to their slaves. Many Americans begun to move west taking with them their slaves. Congress banned slave owners from taking slaves north of the Ohio River however that failed. This is important because as a result of the failed ordinance, whites in the South got a free ticket to extend slavery into a region where farming would flourish.
The ninth important topic is the resettlement of the African American Loyalists. In 1783 after England and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, Britain was faced with resettling the former slaves who sided with them in the war. They did not want to return them to their former owners nor did they want to keep them fearing they would be more of a liability than an asset. They were sent to Nova Scotia in Canada. This is important because although the Britain no longer wanted the African American’s they did not want to return them
The first important topic is about Thomas Peters fight to get his freedom. Thomas Peters was a young man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was sold form one owner to another. He was sold to a colonist named William Campbell who lived on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. There he learned the trade of millwright. There were constant clashes between the British and the colonists and rumors began spread about a slave revolution planned for July. The British encouraged the slaves to run away from their masters and promised them protection from the colonist. In 1776 Peters and his family risked it all escaping to the British Ship on the Cape River finally gaining their …show more content…
Four years after the war slave owners were still hanging on to their slaves. Many Americans begun to move west taking with them their slaves. Congress banned slave owners from taking slaves north of the Ohio River however that failed. This is important because as a result of the failed ordinance, whites in the South got a free ticket to extend slavery into a region where farming would flourish.
The ninth important topic is the resettlement of the African American Loyalists. In 1783 after England and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, Britain was faced with resettling the former slaves who sided with them in the war. They did not want to return them to their former owners nor did they want to keep them fearing they would be more of a liability than an asset. They were sent to Nova Scotia in Canada. This is important because although the Britain no longer wanted the African American’s they did not want to return them