Myth: After the American Revolution, many Americans felt that slavery was incompatible with the idea expressed in the declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal”. Many states eliminated slavery and racism in those states all but disappeared.
Myth Explained: Meaning that “all men are created equal” wasn’t happening, the saying wasn’t happening because of slavery. All people were doing was the opposite because they had slaves and they weren’t treating them equally. So slavery was eliminated. It wasn’t eliminated in all states though, only some states, and although slavery was eliminated, racism still took place in certain countries. In other words, after the revolution a lot of states began to get rid of slavery. People knew that keeping slavery was basically them going against what they believed in which is that every man should be treated equal.
Evidence and what it says About the Myth:
- Quaker Petition 1783- This was a petition that the Quakers wrote basically saying that it was their duty as Christians to protect and make sure that slavery wasn’t happening. Also they mentioned that it is there duty to free the thousands of men that are currently in the state of slavery. This piece of evidence proves our myth plausible because this was the Quakers asking the southern states to make this stop; also it proves that slavery was still of part of many states. However the southern states did nothing to stop this. The Quakers still see slavery in many other states which drove the thought of an anti-slavery petition. That’s why in 1802 they sent another petition to reestablish they’re concerns.
Quaker Petition against Slavery 1802-This was the second petition sent by the Quakers to re-establish their request to abolish slavery. This petition of course was ignored, but then they sent another one! In the new one they were a lot more demanding about their request to free the slaves. This petition was the Quakers saying that America is basically buying and selling people into slavery and that it’s wrong to do that.
The American Revolution and Consideration- This piece of evidence lets us know that after the American Revolution the Declaration of Independence stated “all men are created equal.” There were some actions taken, for instance during the continental congress there was a vote taken place to abolish slavery; although some states went along, most of them didn’t. In the north slavery was abolished however in the south slave labor was still needed for plantations. This piece of evidence proves our myth once again plausible because it says that most states abolished slavery. That’s wrong because only some states did but MOST of them didn’t. The reason for that is because up North they didn’t have many crops that needed to be taken care of. On the other hand, in the south, they had many plantations that were in need of slaves.
Conclusion: Myth Busted:
These three pieces of evidence prove our myth plausible because like we stated in our evidence for instance in the Quaker petition, slavery was described as being evil. However the petitions were rejected so slavery never disappeared. In the continental congress there was a vote taken to abolish slavery. Some of the states went along but most of them didn’t. After the American Revolution slavery was abolished in the North but not in the South because salves were still needed there for plantations; and the amount of labor in the South lead to enslavement. In conclusion this myth is plausible because the myth is correct in some ways, but wrong in others, all at once.
Myth Explained: Meaning that “all men are created equal” wasn’t happening, the saying wasn’t happening because of slavery. All people were doing was the opposite because they had slaves and they weren’t treating them equally. So slavery was eliminated. It wasn’t eliminated in all states though, only some states, and although slavery was eliminated, racism still took place in certain countries. In other words, after the revolution a lot of states began to get rid of slavery. People knew that keeping slavery was basically them going against what they believed in which is that every man should be treated equal.
Evidence and what it says About the Myth:
- Quaker Petition 1783- This was a petition that the Quakers wrote basically saying that it was their duty as Christians to protect and make sure that slavery wasn’t happening. Also they mentioned that it is there duty to free the thousands of men that are currently in the state of slavery. This piece of evidence proves our myth plausible because this was the Quakers asking the southern states to make this stop; also it proves that slavery was still of part of many states. However the southern states did nothing to stop this. The Quakers still see slavery in many other states which drove the thought of an anti-slavery petition. That’s why in 1802 they sent another petition to reestablish they’re concerns.
Quaker Petition against Slavery 1802-This was the second petition sent by the Quakers to re-establish their request to abolish slavery. This petition of course was ignored, but then they sent another one! In the new one they were a lot more demanding about their request to free the slaves. This petition was the Quakers saying that America is basically buying and selling people into slavery and that it’s wrong to do that.
The American Revolution and Consideration- This piece of evidence lets us know that after the American Revolution the Declaration of Independence stated “all men are created equal.” There were some actions taken, for instance during the continental congress there was a vote taken place to abolish slavery; although some states went along, most of them didn’t. In the north slavery was abolished however in the south slave labor was still needed for plantations. This piece of evidence proves our myth once again plausible because it says that most states abolished slavery. That’s wrong because only some states did but MOST of them didn’t. The reason for that is because up North they didn’t have many crops that needed to be taken care of. On the other hand, in the south, they had many plantations that were in need of slaves.
Conclusion: Myth Busted:
These three pieces of evidence prove our myth plausible because like we stated in our evidence for instance in the Quaker petition, slavery was described as being evil. However the petitions were rejected so slavery never disappeared. In the continental congress there was a vote taken to abolish slavery. Some of the states went along but most of them didn’t. After the American Revolution slavery was abolished in the North but not in the South because salves were still needed there for plantations; and the amount of labor in the South lead to enslavement. In conclusion this myth is plausible because the myth is correct in some ways, but wrong in others, all at once.