Slavery and Abolition Abolition This means to get
Slavery and Abolition
Abolition This means to get rid of slavery In the early 1800’s the Abolitionist movement began Preachers like Charles Finney were speaking out against slavery
William Lloyd Garrison He was an extreme abolitionist who wanted complete abolition of slavery with no compensation for slave owners He published a newspaper called “The Liberator. ” Many white abolitionists didn’t like him because they thought he was too radical.
David Walker He was a free African American living in the North and he believed blacks should fight, using violence if necessary, to end slavery.
Frederick Douglas He was born a slave but later escaped He had learned to read while a slave, and was an avid reader of “The Liberator. ” Garrison sponsored him on a lecture tour and Douglas spoke about his experience as a slave all over the North.
Nat Turner’s Revolt Nat Turner led a slave uprising throughout Virginia. He and his followers went from plantation to plantation murdering white families This really shook Southern landowners, and they knew something had to be done.
Slave Codes/Black Codes Turner’s Revolt led to the Slave Codes which greatly limited the freedom (even more so) of enslaved African Americans. These codes extended to free Blacks as well, denying them the right to own a gun, own land, or even Preach without whites present.
Slavery and the Bible Southern Plantation owners often used the Bible as their reason for having slaves. They created the myth that slavery was God’s will and that slaves should be happy.
The Gag Rule Anti-slavery petitions were flooding into Congress from the Northern Abolitionists. Southern Congressmen were able to pass the “Gag Rule” that did not allow these petitions to be heard.
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