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Background of Abolitionists Mish. Mosh of Beliefs • Reformers. – Saw slavery as a blight on American society and a roadblock to progress. – Mostly came from the middle-class, who were already reforming prisons, education, equality for women, mental health, government, and services for the poor. 3/15/2018 Susan B. Anthony http: //ncwhs. oah. org/images/Young. Susan. B. jpg 2

Background of Abolitionists Mish. Mosh of Beliefs • Political reasons. – Democrats protested the denial of political and civil rights to blacks. – By 1805, all of the Northern states had either outlawed slavery or set out gradual emancipation. – Northerners believed that the slave South was gaining power and trying to push north of the Missouri Compromise line. 3/15/2018 Map of US after MO Compromise http: //www. americanforeignrelations. com/images/en an_0001_0002_0_img 0141. jpg 3

Background of Abolitionists Key Terms • Emancipation. – Freeing of slaves. • Abolition. – The immediate and total end of slavery. 3/15/2018 An Emancipated Slave http: //eprentice. sdsu. edu/S 03 X 2/pasenelli/Emancipation. jpg 4

Abolitionist Opinions Colonization • Benjamin Lundy. – Quaker publisher, tried to persuade Southerners to free their slaves. – Once freed, he explored the possibility of colonization in Canada or Haiti. Benjamin Lundy 3/15/2018 http: //images. virtualology. com/ac/4/i/ency 0027. jpg 5

Abolitionist Opinions Colonization • 1817, American Colonization Society. – Gradual emancipation of slaves, with freed slaves to be sent to colonies in Africa. – Founded the colony of Liberia. – Would be a long and expensive process. – Slave owners would have to voluntarily take a loss. 3/15/2018 Liberia http: //cache. eb. com/eb/image? id=62283&rend. Type. Id=4 6

Frederick Douglas • runaway slave • self – educated • wrote and spoke the evils of slavery 3/15/2018 7

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Abolitionist Opinions Former Slaves: Frederick Douglass • Background. – Most well-known escaped slave. – Learned to read and write and mastered a trade while a slave. – Earned enough money from lectures and writing to send to his former master and legally purchase his freedom. • Became part of the Massachusetts Anti. Slavery Society. – Would associate with leading abolitionists of the time period. 3/15/2018 Frederick Douglass http: //www-tc. pbs. org/wgbh/aia/part 4/images/4 fred 16 b. jpg 9

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Abolitionist Opinions Former Slaves: Frederick Douglass • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. – Freedom required not only emancipation, but also full social and economic equality. Frederick Douglass 3/15/2018 http: //www. ls. cc. al. us/blackhistory/douglass 2. jpg 11

Abolitionist Opinions Former Slaves: Frederick Douglass • Changing opinions. – Originally wanted emancipation by violent means. – Late 1840 s, decides to break with the “radical abolitionists. ” • Believed that the Constitution needed to be upheld. • If it was not, then emancipation meant nothing because blacks would not be treated as equals. – Destroy 3/15/2018 slavery by working within the system. Frederick Douglass http: //img. timeinc. net/time/2002/bhm/history/images/douglas. jpg 12

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Abolitionist Opinions William Lloyd Garrison • Assistant of Benjamin Lundy, would become a leading abolitionist. William Lloyd Garrison http: //images. acswebnetworks. com/1/934/garrison_portrait. jpg 3/15/2018 – Became leader of the radical view. – Wanted the immediate emancipation of slaves. – Did not care about the political, social, and economic consequences. 14

Abolitionist Opinions William Lloyd Garrison • Refused to engage in political activity to end slavery. – Compromises have failed in the past. – Laws made to protect slavery were illegal under God’s law. • Prepared to destroy the Union to gain their ends. 3/15/2018 William Lloyd Garrison http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Will iam_garrison. jpg/250 px-William_garrison. jpg 15

Abolitionist Opinions William Lloyd Garrison • Garrison was so radical that he burned the Constitution. – Called it an “agreement with Hell. ” 3/15/2018 William Lloyd Garrison http: //www. arfalpha. com/Push. To. The. Front/Volume 1_HTM/41 e 4 c 670. jpg 16

Abolitionist Opinions William Lloyd Garrison • The Liberator. – Key abolitionist newspaper. – Extremely controversial in both the North and the South. – Would be banned in the South. – Set out the reasons for abolition in a graphic manner. 3/15/2018 William Lloyd Garrison http: //www. olemiss. edu/courses/his 105/images/liberator. jpg 17

Abolitionist Opinions William Lloyd Garrison • Importance of Garrison. – Did not have many followers, but opened up new views on abolition. – Abolition was not a reform movement, but a revolution. – Achieving racial equality, not just ending slavery, will lead to the true goal: full justice for blacks. • Saw blacks as true equals. • Supported the efforts of female abolitionists and the women’s rights movement. 3/15/2018 18

Harper’s Ferry (1859) • • led by John Brown wanted to free slaves stormed the arsenal convicted of treason and murder • Bought attention to slavery again 3/15/2018 19

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Slave Resistance 1. “SAMBO” pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whites [the innocent, laughing black man caricature – bulging eyes, thick lips, big smile, etc. ]. 3/15/2018 21

Slave Resistance 2. Refusal to work hard. 3. Isolated acts of sabotage. 4. Escape via the Underground Railroad. 3/15/2018 22

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Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South Gabriel Prosser 1800 3/15/2018 1822 25

Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South: Nat Turner, 1831 3/15/2018 26

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A. Underground Railroad 1. not underground 2. not a railroad 3/15/2018 29

3. What was it? a) a system of loosely organized group of people working against slavery and for freedom b) Approximately 100, 000 slaves escaped on the Underground Railroad c) operated from early 1800 s through the Civil War 3/15/2018 30

4. Special Terms a) conductors – people who helped guide escaping slaves to freedom i. most famous: Harriet Tubman b) stations – safe house (hiding places) c) Heaven, Promise Land, Canaan= Canada d) Passengers, Cargo – fugitive slaves e) station masters – person in charge of the hiding places 3/15/2018 Big Dipper / North Star were used 31 f)

5. Maps were not used. . . – routes were passed on through songs and quilts – Follow the Drink Gourd 3/15/2018 32

Quilt Patterns as Secret Messages The Monkey Wrench pattern, on the left, alerted escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee; the Drunkard Path design, on the right, warned escapees not to follow a straight route. 3/15/2018 33

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