Slavery and Slavery and the Abolitionist the Abolitionist

MovementMovement

October 3, 2008

““... such is the horrible idea ... such is the horrible idea that I entertain respecting a that I entertain respecting a life of servitude, that if I life of servitude, that if I conceived of there being conceived of there being no possibility of my rising no possibility of my rising above the condition of above the condition of servant, I would gladly hail servant, I would gladly hail death as a welcome death as a welcome messenger.”messenger.”

Maria StewartMaria Stewart

... this nation is rotten at ... this nation is rotten at the heart, and ... nothing the heart, and ... nothing but the most tremendous but the most tremendous blows with the sledge-blows with the sledge-hammer of abolition hammer of abolition truth, could ever have truth, could ever have broken the false rest broken the false rest which we had taken up which we had taken up for ourselves on the very for ourselves on the very brink of ruin. brink of ruin.

Angelina GrimkeAngelina Grimke

““Forced from home, and all Forced from home, and all its pleasures,its pleasures,Afric’s coast I left forlorn;Afric’s coast I left forlorn;To increase a stranger’s To increase a stranger’s treasures,treasures,O’er the raging billows borne.O’er the raging billows borne.Men from England bought Men from England bought and sold me,and sold me,Paid my price in paltry gold;Paid my price in paltry gold;But, though theirs they have But, though theirs they have enroll’d me,enroll’d me,Minds are never to be sold.”Minds are never to be sold.”

William Cowper William Cowper

Objectives:Objectives:

Understand how slavery was in the Understand how slavery was in the United StatesUnited States

Define Abolitionist and Underground Define Abolitionist and Underground RailroadRailroad

Be knowledgeable about key figures of Be knowledgeable about key figures of the abolitionist movement. the abolitionist movement.

SlaverySlavery•Most slaves worked on plantationsMost slaves worked on plantations

•Property = no rights under the lawProperty = no rights under the law

•Lived in terrible conditionsLived in terrible conditions

•Often separated from familiesOften separated from families

SlaverySlavery

200 slave 200 slave uprisings in the uprisings in the U.S. between U.S. between 1776 and 18691776 and 1869

Uprisings were Uprisings were one way to rebel, one way to rebel, the other was the other was escape, most escape, most along the…along the…

Underground RailroadUnderground Railroad

Informal network of people aiding escaped Informal network of people aiding escaped slavesslaves Offered shelter/hiding, food, and directions to the next Offered shelter/hiding, food, and directions to the next

friendly spotfriendly spot

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Cupboard with a secret compartment

Underground RailroadUnderground Railroad Where did the term originate?Where did the term originate?

Thought to have originated in Ripley, Ohio Thought to have originated in Ripley, Ohio shortly after the war of 1812 according to shortly after the war of 1812 according to “His Promised Land”“His Promised Land”

Incident involving a runaway slaveIncident involving a runaway slave

RoutesRoutes

Different escape routes of Slaves.

Notice all of the red in Ohio!

RoutesRoutes

Abolitionist MovementAbolitionist Movement

Abolitionist (name of Abolitionist (name of

someone wanting to someone wanting to

abolish slavery) abolish slavery)

abolish = endabolish = end

Mostly work of Mostly work of

American womenAmerican women

Abolitionist MovementAbolitionist Movement

Faced opposition from slave holders in Faced opposition from slave holders in

the souththe south Attack on, “livelihood, way of life, and religion”Attack on, “livelihood, way of life, and religion”

Economic argumentEconomic argument

Job competitionJob competition

Activity!Activity!

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman

George FitzhughGeorge Fitzhugh

Sarah and Angelina Sarah and Angelina GrimkeGrimke

Frederick DouglasFrederick Douglas

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