Slavery, the Abolitionist Movement,

and State’s Rights

History

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the

Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.

Explain the importance of key issues and events that

led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights,

nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of

1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act,

Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over

secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander

Stephens.

AKS

Abolitionist Movement

Free Blacks

Could…

• Own Property

These free

blacks were

considered a

problem to the

white

population

because they

threatened the

institution of

slavery.

The Antebellum South There had always been free blacks in the United States,

including Georgia. One example is Austin Dabney.

These free blacks could not vote, were not considered

citizens of the state, and could not live in certain areas.

Southern Population (1860)

Slavery in Georgia

Slavery was a way of life in the Deep South. The economic success of Georgia was

from the back breaking labor of slaves. As new inventions such as the Cotton Gin

made agricultural production faster more agricultural products were need. The

importation and ownership of slaves increased drastically.

A Way of Life in the Deep South

Slavery in Georgia

Short Cotton Fiber was a primary crop grown in Georgia after the

invention of the Cotton Gin. As the demand for cotton increased so

did the need for land and slaves to work the fields.

The Deep South Struggles to Maintain

Control

1790—Price for a slave field hand is around

$300.

1798—Georgia constitution outlaws importation

of slaves from Africa due to Federal law.

1801—Georgia legislature passes law to prevent

slave owners from freeing slaves in their wills.

1810—Georgians become more outspoken in

their defense of slavery.

Abolitionist Movement

Churches

Split…

• Baptist and

Methodist Church

will Split.

In 1845, the

Methodists and Baptist

Churches split over

the issue of slavery.

The Southern Baptist

Convention was

formed by those who

supported slavery.

These types of

conventions untied

people together who

shared common beliefs

but began to separate

those who lived in

South.

Not Everyone in Georgia Supported Slavery

There had always been free blacks in the United States,

including Georgia. One example is Austin Dabney.

These free blacks could not vote, were not considered

citizens of the state, and could not live in certain areas.

1817—Georgia

newspaper

editorial asks for

the gradual

reduction of

slavery.

1830—Anti-slavery

groups and

newspapers are

organized, and

Underground

Railroad is

established.

The Deep South Struggles to

Maintain Control

Sothern's could not import slaves but that did not

stop slavery from becoming a profitable business in

the South.

Slavery in the Deep South

Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South:

Nat Turner, 1831

1835—General Assembly makes the

conviction for circulating any newspaper in

Georgia that might incite slaves to riot

punishable by death.

Abolitionist Movement

Abolitionists helped slaves flee the

South and travel to selected northern

states or Canada.

• The Underground Railroad was used

to help thousands of slaves escape.

• It was a network of people who

would help escaping slaves move

closer to their destination.

• Harriet Tubman was the leader of the

Underground Railroad movement.

Harriet Tubman

1850—Price for a

slave field hand is

over $1,000.

1852—Uncle

Tom’s Cabin is

published.

1859—Georgia

General Assembly

prohibits slave

owners to free their

slaves in another

state.

1860—Price is up

to $1,800 for a

slave field hand.

The Deep South Struggles to

Maintain Control

Southerner's could not import slaves but that did

not stop slavery from becoming a profitable

business in the South.

Slavery in the Deep South

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