Edward James Roye was
born in Newark, Ohio, (1815-1872), he became the fifth President of Liberia in
January of 1871. He arrived in Liberia
in 1846, became a leading merchant; in 1849, Speaker of the House of
Representatives; then Chief Justice from 1865 to 1868. In 1870 he had gone to
England to negotiate a loan, and received $500,000. The secretive terms created great resentment in Liberia. He was accused of
embezzlement. When he attempted to
extend his term of office by edict, the people rose in insurrection and deposed
him from office, recalling Joseph J. Roberts from retirement. Summoned to trial, Roye escaped but he
drowned in an attempt to ride breakers in a native canoe to reach an English
ship.
Kentucky prohibited the
introduction of slaves for sale.
Free Blacks in Virginia
were required to pay a poll tax of $2.50
When the British
abandoned Fort Blount, on the Apalachicola Bay, Florida, about 300 fugitive
slaves from Georgia who farmed in the area, and some 30 Creek Indians, drove
the Seminoles from the fort and occupied it.
They used the fort as a haven for runaways, and as a base for
expeditions against slave owners.
In the Battle of
New Orleans, a battalion of about 280
New Orleans Blacks under Major Lacoste and a battalion of about 150 Blacks from
Santo Domingo under Major Daquin, helped erect cotton bag breastworks for
Jackson, and fought successfully against the British. A total of over 600 Blacks fought under
Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
The General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church stated that it was not strong enough as a body to take
action on the slavery issue.
The first real movement
of Blacks from the South to the Northwest Territory commenced. The general feeling about Blacks in the West
was toleration from 1800 to 1826, persecution between 1826 to 1841, and
amelioration 1841-1861.
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