hw#26 abolition movement ppt
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Abolition Movement
Ideas and Leaders
The daily life of slaves.• Living Conditions – large families
in one-room cabins; unbalanced diets, no running water or poor sanitation
• Some slaves became artisans
• Allowed to marry and have children
• Many subjected to Cruel Punishments and denied basic human rights
• Could be sold and separated from family at anytime.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion• August 1831 in Southampton
County, Virginia
• Nat Turner, a black religious leader led 70-75 slaves on attack
• They killed 60 whites, including men, women, and children
• Spread fear among slave owners– States passed stricter laws
controlling activities of free and enslaved blacks
ABOLITIONwhen a law or a system is officially ended
• Principles behind Abolition MovementoPolitical – “All men are created equal”oReligious – equal in the eyes of God
• Abolitionists wanted the immediate, emancipation of all slaves.
• Involved men and women
Who Were the Abolitionists?
Frederick Douglas• Escaped from slavery at age
20• Wrote 3 autobiographies• Published anti-slavery
newspaper, The North Star
• Toured the North giving speeches and appearing at public anti-slavery events.
• Supported Women’s Rights Movement
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
• From Boston• Published The Liberator,
1831• Organized New England
Anti-Slavery Society, 1832• Went to Europe to gain
support for abolition• Saw slavery as morally
wrong
Harriet Beecher Stowe• Born into a religious family
of Abolitionists
• Wrote the book, Uncle Tom’s
Cabin in 1853 after meeting runaway slaves and hearing their experiences
• Book was a best seller that made many Americans aware of the evils of slavery
John Quincy Adams• In 1836, Congress passes the
GAG RULE – preventing any bills
restricting or ending slavery
• Q. Adams fought against the
gag rule calling it
unconstitutional.
• The gag rule was finally
suspended in 1844
Harriet Tubman• Most famous “Conductor” of the
Underground Railroad
• After escaping herself, she made 19
separate trips back to the South and
helped about 300 slaves escape to
freedom
– She was called “Mama Moses”
• She served as a spy for the Union
during the Civil War
Underground Railroad• Secret network of abolitionists who worked
together to help runaway slaves reach freedom in the North or in Canada
• Runaways would travel 10-20 miles before they reached the next “station” which would be houses, barns, or cellars of white or free black people who chose to help them escape.
• They would be helped along the routes by people like Harriet Tubman, called “conductors”