The Movement to End Slavery 13.4 Abolition Movement to end slavery on moral grounds Some called for immediate emancipation (freedom), others for gradual. Abolitionists had different views – Some supported freedom, but not equality for Blacks By 1833 & 1848, Both Britain & France had outlawed Slavery Colonization Movement Short lived movement to send free-blacks to Africa Many blacks rejected it, feeling that they should have a share in America’s wealth. Northern Abolitionists Anti-Slavery speeches, newspapers, & literature William Lloyd Garrison: founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society, – Published the Liberator – Allowed Women a major role = caused a split Abby Kelley Foster Grimké Sisters 2 White southern abolitionists who wrote famous essays against slavery African American Voices Most powerful Anti-Slavery activists Many former slaves wrote narratives & went on speaking tours. Frederick Douglass Most famous Black Abolitionist Wrote 4 autobiographies, became world renown The North Star The Underground Railroad Network of individuals & safe-houses that helped runaway slaves escape to free Canada. Harriet Tubman :most famous “conductor,” helped up to 300 slaves escape Slavery had many Supporters Slaves were seen as property, not people The Bible & ancient Greece/Rome has many examples of slavery Many northerners supported it for racist & economic reasons Mobs often attacked abolitionists Southern writer George Fitzhugh – slavery was necessary for the black race – they lived better than northern wageearners