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African American in the early Republic Wright R Donald gAfrican Americans in the early Republic 1789-1831h Harlan Davidson Inc Wheeling Illinois 1993 Thesis- African Americans were intricate parts of early American society With their help a nation was born founded on the princplies of Liberty Freedom and Justice Though these unalienable rights were not to be extended to African Americans Authors Purpose- gThe purpose behind gAfrican Americans in the early Republich is to show how African Americans lived their lives in a nation divided Divided along lines of White and Non-White North and South Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery Wright shows the forced exodus from the northern end of the southern states to the cotton plantations in the Deep South Wright describes a nation trying to find itself a nation based on freedom that would enslave over two million people Slave Migration- Life was rather stable for African Americans before the American Revolution Yes they were slaves but there were strong family ties to their kin along with their owners Slaves usually lived their whole life in the same town After the war things started to change and cotton was one of the main reasons New strains of cotton which were easier to pick the seeds from and the invention of the cotton gin increased the demand for labor revitalized the slave trade In 1808 the importation of slaves was banned in the United States With an increasing number of slaves needed to work the Sugar and Cotton Plantations in the south Those begin a great exodus of African Americans slaves to the Lower South from the Upper South In the 1820s 15000 a year were bought and moved to work in southern plantations and by 1830s this number jump to 25000 This led to the distribution of life for African Americans along with the forcible break up of many families Slave Unrest-The United States was spared the slave revolts that
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