Name:_____________________________
Foundations US1: Chapter 8-2
Slavery and Abolition
Abolitionists Speak Out:
1) By the 1820s many antislavery societies were advocating for ____________________________ of
black in Africa. (Few free blacks accepted their offer)
2) Many people were calling for Abolition, the call to ____________________________.
3) The most radical white Abolitionist was named __________________________________. He ran a
newspaper called the Liberator and demanded immediate Emancipation- the ______________________
of all slaves
4) David Walker was a free black who advised slaves to ____________________________ rather than
wait for slave owners to end slavery.
5) Frederick Douglas had been born into slavery and been taught to read by his owner’s wife. The
owner
ordered
her
to
stop
teaching
him
because
reading
“would
forever
____________________________ to be a slave” (encouraged him to learn even more)
6) He escaped north and worked as a speaker for a while. He was hoping that abolition could be
achieved through ____________________________ actions. (nonviolent) He eventually wrote his own
Newspaper called the ____________________________
Life Under Slavery:
7).between 1810 and 1830, the slave population had grown from _______________(#) to
______________(#). The slaves had also changed. By 1830, the majority of slaves had been born in
____________________________.
8) On plantations, most slaves worked from _____________ to _________________ in the fields and
were frequently whipped.
9) Some slaves who had skills began to work in Southern cities. They often worked in occupations such
as blacksmithing and ____________________________. Urban slaves tended to be treated much better.
10) Nat Turner was an escaped slave and preacher who believed that god chose him to end slavery. He
and his followers killed almost _________(#) white people before being captured.
11) In the end he, his followers and many innocent blacks were killed in retaliation..
Slave Owners Defend Slavery:
12) After Turner’s Rebellion, some people argued that the only way to prevent future rebellions was
through ____________________________. Others chose to ____________________________ on all
African Americans. (That side won the argument in the South)
13)
Many
slave
owners
____________________________.
believed
that
education
and
privilege
inspired
So the asked state legislatures to tighten controls on African
Americans in what were known as ____________________________.
14) Proslavery advocates used the ____________________________ to defend slavery. They also
argued that slavery actually ____________________________ blacks by making them part of a
prosperous Christian civilization.
15) Slave owners invented the “Myth of the ____________________________” to show how good life
was for slaves as compared to Northern factory workers.
16) When abolitionists kept sending petitions to end slavery in Washington D.C. Southern Congressmen
got a Gag Rule adopted. This prevented any citizen petitions on slavery from being heard until it was
repealed in ________(year)