Before
After
Was the New York Manumission Society founded before or after the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
Hamilton believed blacks had the same intellectual abilities as whites. He also warned that slaves would be armed by the British if patriots did not
He supported the underground railroad
Hamilton and Laurens saw the Revolution and the struggle against slavery as inseparable
Why does Chernow suspect Hamilton saw the Revolution and abolition as inseparable?
: Hamilton was a member of the committee of the society that petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade
Hamilton was a member of the committee of the society that petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade, and that succeeded in passing legislation banning the export of slaves from New York
He was part of the society that organized the underground railroad
What committee of the NYMS was Hamilton apart of?
6 years
5 years
At least 3 years
How long after the 1787 Constitutional Convention did he provide aid to slaveowners in Haiti?
True
False
Is it true that Hamilton has never aided slaveowners?
2 years
12 years
How long was it when Hamilton first joined NYMS to when he opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
The underground railroad
John Jay
New York Manumission Society
The New York Society
New Yorkers
Hamilton was the first president of what New York, abolitionist organization?
1983
1780s
Before
Around 1785
1787
When did Hamilton attend the second meeting of the NYMS where he later became president of?
Hamilton
Chernow
John Jay
Abraham Lincoln
Who was president of the NYMS before Hamilton?
New York Manumission Society (NYMS)
The underground railroad
Which organization did Hamilton join in 1785 where he later became the president?
He supported forced emigration
Hamilton never supported forced emigration for freed slaves
He attacked others for fighting for freedom of white people only and petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade
What did Hamilton do in support of black people?
Believed the natural faculties of blacks were as good as those of free whites
Became the 2nd president of the New York society
Opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention; opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention
Member of the New York Manumission Society
Give examples that support Hamilton's pro-abolotionist views.
Hamilton never supported forced emigration on freed salves and thus may have been comfortable in a multiracial society
Scant evidence has been interpreted by a few to indicate Hamilton may have owned household slaves
He had paid employees
What has been inferred from Hamilton's policy among freed slaves?
Hamilton believed black people had faculties equal to white people and saw the struggle of black people as inseparable from the Revolution
He felt they should not be slaves
He felt they should continue to be slaves
How did Hamilton feel about black people?
Toussaint L'Ouverture's black government
A multiracial society
New York Manumission Society (NYMS)
New York Manumission Society
The government
What society petitioned the New York legislature to end the slave trade?
The New York Manumission Society
Hamilton
John Jay
The president
Who became president of the NYMS after John Jay?
The New York Manumission Society
John Jay
First Secretary
Vice Hamilton
Vice president
While John Jay was president of the NYMS, what was Hamilton's position?
True
No
Yes
Hamilton was a strong proponent of free rights for black people.
No
Yes
Was John Jay the first secretary of the New York Manumission Society?
Hamilton argued that the natural faculties of blacks were as good as those of free whites, and he warned that the British would arm the slaves if the patriots did not. In his 21st-century biography, Chernow cites this incident as evidence that Hamilton and Laurens saw the Revolution and the struggle against slavery as inseparable. Hamilton attacked his political opponents as demanding freedom for themselves and refusing to allow it to blacks. In January 1785, Hamilton attended the second meeting of the New York Manumission Society (NYMS). John Jay was president and Hamilton was the first secretary and later became president. Chernow notes how the membership soon included many of Hamilton's friends and associates. Hamilton was a member of the committee of the society that petitioned the legislature to end the slave trade, and that succeeded in passing legislation banning the export of slaves from New York. In the same period, Hamilton felt bound by the rule of law of the time and his law practice facilitated the return of a fugitive slave to Henry Laurens of South Carolina. He opposed the compromise at the 1787 Constitutional Convention by which the federal government could not abolish the slave trade for 20 years, and was disappointed when he lost that argument. Hamilton never supported forced emigration for freed slaves. Horton has argued from this that he would be comfortable with a multiracial society, and that this distinguished him from his contemporaries. In international affairs, he supported Toussaint L'Ouverture's black government in Haiti after the revolt that overthrew French control, as he had supported aid to the slaveowners in 1791--both measures hurt France. Scant evidence has been interpreted by a few to indicate Hamilton may have owned household slaves, as did many wealthy New Yorkers (the evidence for this is indirect; McDonald interprets it as referring to paid employees). 