Abolitionist Movement Both the to the Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionist Movement • Both the to the Abolitionist Movement Gradualists Ho w to en d and led Immediatists sla ve ry ?
Abolitionist Movement • Until 1820 s most abolitionists advocated resettlement • 1816 - Member certificate to American Colonization Society “Here I have dwelt until I am nearly sixty years of age, and have brought up and educated a family…Yet some ingenious gentlemen have recently discovered that I am still an African; that a continent three thousand miles, and more, from the place where I was born, is my native country. And I am advised to go home…Perhaps if I should only be set on the shore of that distant land, I should recognize all I might see there, and run at once to the old hut where my forefathers lived a hundred years ago. ” created
Anti-Slavery Alphabet
William Lloyd Garrison (1801 -1879) • Massachusetts newspaper editor • Slavery was a moral, not an economic issue • Founded in 1831
The Liberator Premiere issue - January 1, 1831
The Tree of Slavery—Loaded with the Sum of All Villanies!
Other White Abolitionists Lewis Tappan James Birney • Liberty Party • Ran for President in 1840 & 1844 Arthur Tappan
Black Abolitionists David Walker (1785 -1830) 1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World Fight for freedom rather than wait to be set free by whites
Frederick Douglass (1817 -1895) 1845 The Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass 1847 published
Sojourner Truth (1787 -1883) or Isabella Baumfree 1850 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
(1820 -1913) • Helped over 300 slaves to freedom • $40, 000 bounty on her head • Served as a Union spy during the Civil War “Moses”
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad • “Conductor” ==== leader of the escape • “Passengers” ==== escaping slaves • “Tracks” ==== routes • “Trains” ==== farm wagons transporting the escaping slaves • “Depots” ==== safe houses to rest/sleep
Turner’s Rebellion • • • Led by Nat Turner Virginia 55 -65 whites killed in the revolt 200+ blacks killed – 56 executed (including Turner) – 100 -200 killed by militias and mobs • Results: –
Slave Owners Defend Slavery • – Ex. Servants should obey their masters – Slaves benefited from Christianity • – Greece, Rome, Egypt • – Paternalism of slaveowner – Compared to “wage slaves” in the North • “ ” not just a “necessary evil” • 1836 -1844 “ ” – In response to numerous abolitionist petitions, Congress was prevented from discussing slavery
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