| Page | Term | Description |
| 18 | Moorish Slave | A Moor is a person of Spanish and Arabic descent from southern Spain, and a worshiper of Islam. However, in Shakespeare’s play Othello, the male protagonist Othello was described as black, as well as portraying him as a the murderer of a young white girl, on false pretenses. Therefore, the term moor in the book may be influenced by this, and be used as a replacement for “Black” or “African”. |
| 18 | Drapetomania | Drapetomania is a term coined by Dr. Samuel Cartwright in 1851 to describe a mental illness that he believed made slaves run away. The term comes from the Greek words Drapetes (which means “runaway slave”) and Mania (which means “Madness”). |
| 18 | Dysaethesia Aethipica,
by Samuel Cartwright |
Dr. Samuel Cartwright was a southern doctor who practiced in Mississippi and Louisiana, most famous for his coming up with the idea of the disease known as Drapetomania. Dysethesia Aethipica is another disease Cartwright came up with that supposedly caused slaves to become lazy. It could physically be identified by lesions on the skin, such as those that would come from a whip. Cartwright’s prescribed treatment included washing the slave with hot water and soap, followed by pouring oil over their body and beating it in with a leather strap, followed by subjecting them to hard work in the sun, such as chopping wood. Follow this link to look at Cartwrights paper on the mind of a slave. All Information found at freedsmanpatrol.wordpress.com |
| 19 | Canadian Independence | July 1st, 1876 |
| 19 | “Sleepy Time Down South on the Late Show” | “Sleepy Time Down South” is a jazz song written in 1931 by Clarence Muse in 1930 for a play called “Under a Virginia Moon”. While the play was not that remarkable, the song was, and later appeared in two movies, as well as being performed by several musicians. Most famous of the musicians to perform it was Louis Armstrong.
The Late Show is a modern tv comedy and talk show aired by the American tv station, CBS. The show was first created by and hosted by David Lettermen, until his retirement on May 20th, 2015. The show was then taken over by Stephen Colbert. Similar tv talk/comedy shows air around similar time slots on most news stations. |
| 20 | Melliflous | Mellifluous is an adjective word usually referring to one’s voice or words, that means “sweet or musical; pleasant to hear” |
| 20 | Rapscallions | Rapscallions refers to a group of people who are considered mischievous. |
| 20 | Buckrahs | Buckrah is a slang term used by African Americans to refer to white men. |
| 20 | Coonskinners | Coonskinner is likely a combination of the racial slur “coon“, a racial slur referring to blacks, and the word skinner, which refers to someone who skins an animal. The two combined may refer to someone who peels the skin off blacks, likely referring to someone whipping them. |
| 20 | Irish Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson’s parents were Scotch-Irish colonists, but he himself was born in America |
| 20 | Anti-Suffragette | An Anti Suffragette is a woman who supports the Anti-Suffrage movement, which fought against women’s right to vote. The Movement was launched in 1889, but would later merge with the male movement against woman’s suffrage in 1910. |
| 21 | National Era | The National Era was a real american newspaper started in 1847, and ran until 1860. The newspaper was distributed in the District of Columbia area (the area surrounding the U.S. capital of Washington D.C.) and supported by the Liberty Party. Apparently, the newspapers main goal was to discuss “The Question of Slavery”, slavery’s effect on people and their roles in regard to it, and the goals of the Liberty Party itself. Follow this link to look at issues of this newspaper. |