FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERYChapter 12 section 2

Why it Matters Many people had opposed slavery

since colonial times They believed it is in-moral and

against their religious belief The reforming spirit spurred a strong

movement to abolish slavery in America

Roots of the Antislavery Movement

“that all men are created equal” Slavery ends in the North: a. 178o Pennsylvania b. By 1804 every northern state pledged to end slavery c. Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery

The Colonization Movement (1817)This society purpose was to free slaves and transport them to Liberia

Unsuccessful because many freed slaves did not want to go to a strange country. Only about 1400 migrated to Liberia

Growing Opposition to Slavery

Abolitionists is a person to abolish or to end slavery

Charles Finney, an abolitionist preachedbout the evil’s of slavery

Lloyd Garrison Quaker Strongly opposed slavery Considered a radical because he wanted

not a gradual end of slavery but to end immediately

He favored full rights to be given to the slaves

1831 started an abolitionist newspaper: Liberator

Co-founder of the New England Anti-Slavery Society

Lloyd Garrison

Sarah and Angelina Grimke Strong Abolitionist Southern Born to a family that owned

slaves

African American Abolitionist

David Walker in 1829 published his Appeal: to the Coloured Citizens of the World

He encouraged enslaved people to rebel if necessary to gain their freedom

Fredrick Douglass Most powerful speaker for abolitionism Born into slavery Escaped to freedom Taught himself to read and write Published Aolititonist newspaper North

Star Douglass said to a crowd: “I appear this

evening as a thief and a robber. I stole this head, these limbs, this body from my master, and ran off with them.”

John Quincy Adams Proposed an amendment in 1839 to ban

any new state coming into the Union. It did not pass

Defended captive Africans aboard a slave ship that rebelled and killed ship captain and members on the Armistad. (slave trade among nations were abolished in 1807.

Helped captives gain their freedom in America

Why did Adams have a lot of people resent what he did?

Underground Railroad Organized way to help slaves escape Series of paths where Blacks and Whites

helped slaves reach freedom Illegal of course. Why? Over 50,000

Harriet Tubman Called “Moses” Led more than 300 slaves to freedom Master of disguise She stated to Douglass “I never lost a

single passenger”. Page 425

Opposing Abolition Many Northerner profited from slavery

and opposed abolition of slavery Many feared that freedmen would move

North and take jobs Many Southerners voiced their opinion of

abolition with violence Congress tried to have a “gag order”

over issue of slavery

“Elephant in the living room”

“Elephant in the living room”

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