Abolition Movement

By: Kasha Mastrodomenicowww.socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com blog

Enriched Version

Vocabulary• Indentured servant: a person who work under contract on average

of 7 years and then are allowed to leave servitude• Slave: a person who is property of another• Triangle trade: system of trade that involved New England, Africa

and the West Indies. The middle passage from Africa to the West Indies carried slaves.

• Slave Codes: defined the status of slaves and powers of the masters

• Plantation: a large farm that usually grew cotton or tobacco• Abolition: ending slavery • Underground Railroad: a route from the South to the North that

allowed slaves to escape• Emancipation: the freeing of slaves

Essential Question

• What were the different avenues taken that encouraged the abolition of slavery?

History of Slavery• VA colony was 1st to import

indentured servants from Africa• 1640 Jamestown 1st African

declared a slave and ordered to serve for life

• Slave trade: triangle trade• Slave Codes: 1705 slavery

became generational; restricted the rights of slaves, freed blacks as well as whites

• Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves: by Congress went into effect in 1808

Slavery and Abolition• What is slavery?

– An institution that allows for one human being to have absolute control over another in the way of life, liberty and fortune. Slaves must work for little to no pay and will remain a slave for life.

• Morality of slavery:– Slave owners saw it as a necessary to ensure their way of life on

plantations. Most slave owners treated their slaves humanely, however some didn’t and they were exposed to horrors and abuse. Slave owners defended slavery by stating that the slaves couldn’t survive without them because they gave them food, security and shelter.

– Modern slavery in Pakistan stop at five min.

Leadership• Harriet Tubman: abolitionist and escaped slave

who conducted hundreds of slaves to freedom through the “underground railroad” during the 1850’s. The Freedom Trail led north to Canada.

• William Lloyd Garrison: leading New England abolitionist who advocated separation from the South. Founder and editor of The Liberator (1831) and a fiery and controversial speaker.

• Frederick Douglas: escaped slave that became a public speaker for the abolitionist cause; author of his biography explaining the evils of slavery; published the North Star newspaper out of Rochester, NY

• Harriet Beecher Stowe: author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin exposing the evils of slavery

Abolition in Missouri• This document is from the 1865 Constitutional Convention, written just before the

end of the Civil War. During the war, Missouri was in the difficult position of being a Union state with countless southern sympathizers. With the end of war in sight, many citizens, Radical Republicans chief among them, felt a new constitution was in order. In February 1864, the General Assembly called for a vote on a convention and ordered that, if approved, the convention would first consider amendments deemed necessary for the emancipation of slaves and then determine how to maintain voting privileges for loyal citizens.

• This ordinance was proposed at the constitutional convention that convened January 6, 1865, in St. Louis. Passed on January 11, 1865, the ordinance abolished slavery in Missouri; only four delegates voted against it. This document is significant in the state’s history because it was approved three weeks before the United States Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery in the United States, did not go into effect until December 18, 1865.

• This document was one of those rescued from the burning Capitol building after it was struck by lightning on February 5, 1911. Although the Capitol was destroyed, many important documents were saved with varying degrees of damage.

Ordinance against Slavery

Canada’s Role • 1793 law for gradual emancipation; slaves would stay slaves but

children of slaves would be freed after 25 years of age; no new slaves could be imported

• 1807 stops slave trade• 1831 last stop in the underground railroad to the North• 1833 British law abolished slavery in Canada, all under 6 were

immediately freed, those older had to stay for 4 more years but would receive pay

• 1850 Fugitive Slave Act made it dangerous for runaway slaves to stay in northern states in the US; 1850-1861 about 20,000 slaves escaped to Canada

Effects of Abolition

• Brought it into the political realm as a moral issue

• Sectional differences including slavery led to the Civil War

• Slaves were Emancipated during the Civil War

• Video

Essential Question

• What were the different avenues taken that encouraged the abolition of slavery?

Abolition Movement

By: Kasha Mastrodomenicowww.socialstudiesdifferentiatedinstruction.com blog

Basic Version

Vocabulary

Indentured servant: a person who work under contract on average of 7 years and then are allowed to leave servitudeSlave: a person who is property of anotherTriangle trade: system of trade that involved New England, Africa and the West Indies. The middle passage from Africa to the West Indies carried slaves. Slave Codes: defined the status of slaves and powers of the mastersPlantation: a large farm that usually grew cotton or tobaccoAbolition: ending slavery Underground Railroad: a route from the South to the North that allowed slaves to escapeEmancipation: the freeing of slaves

Essential Question

• What were the different avenues taken that encouraged the abolition of slavery?

History of Slavery• Slavery started in America in

the 1600s• Slave trade: triangle trade• Slave Codes: 1705 slavery

was passed down from mother to child; decreased the rights of the slaves, freed blacks as well as whites

• Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves: by Congress went into effect in 1808

Slavery and Abolition

• What is slavery? – A way of life that allows for one person to have total

control over another. Slaves must work for little to no pay and will stay a slave for life.

• Morality of slavery:– Slave owners needed it for their plantations. Most

slave owners treated their slaves well, but some didn’t and they were abused. Slave owners defended slavery by stating that the slaves couldn’t live without them because they gave them food and shelter.

Leadership• Harriet Tubman: abolitionist and escaped slave

who led hundreds of slaves to freedom through the “underground railroad” during the 1850’s. The Freedom Trail led north to Canada.

• William Lloyd Garrison: New England abolitionist who wanted separation from the South. Began and edited The Liberator (newspaper) (1831) and was a great speaker.

• Frederick Douglas: escaped slave that became a public speaker for the abolitionist cause; author of his biography explaining the evils of slavery; published the North Star newspaper out of Rochester, NY

• Harriet Beecher Stowe: author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin exposing the evils of slavery

Abolition in New York State• 1788 slave trade banned in NYS• 1799 Act for the Gradual Abolition of

Slavery: slow emancipation (freeing of slaves)

• 1817 due to kidnappers and law breakers a law gave freedom to NY slaves born before July 4, 1799 but not until July 4, 1827

• Slaves were then sold or “leased” long-term to the South

Canada’s Role • 1793 law for slow emancipation• 1807 stopped slave trade• 1831 last stop in the underground railroad to the

North• 1833 British law abolished (ended) slavery in Canada• 1850 Fugitive Slave Act made it dangerous for

runaway slaves to stay in northern states in the US; 1850-1861 about 20,000 slaves escaped to Canada

Effects of Abolition

• Brought it into politics as a moral issue

• Sectional differences including slavery led to the Civil War

• Slaves were Emancipated (set free) during the Civil War

• Video

Essential Question

• What were the different avenues taken that encouraged the abolition of slavery?