FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY
Chapter 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
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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
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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
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Growing Opposition to Slavery
Abolitionists is a person to abolish or to end slavery
 Charles Finney, an abolitionist preached
bout the evil’s of slavery
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Lloyd Garrison
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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
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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
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Fredrick Douglass
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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
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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
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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
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Called “Moses”
Led more than 300 slaves to freedom
Master of disguise
She stated to Douglass “I never lost a single
passenger”.
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Opposing Abolition
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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”
Joh Quincy