Abolitionist Movement

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Abolitionist Movement

• Why did some Americans become abolitionists?
• What did they hope to achieve?
• How was the abolition message spread?
• Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?

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Abolition

• Why did some Americans become abolitionists?
• What did they hope to achieve?
• Many different reasons for opposing slavery.
• Abolition a complete end to slavery
• Emancipation freedom from slavery for all
  enslaved African Americans

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Motives

• Why did some Americans become abolitionists?
• Quakers other religious groups said it was
  immoral.
• Others said it opposed the idea of equality in
  Dec. of Ind.

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Degree

• How much equality should there be?
• Some abolitionists thought there should be
  completely equal treatment.
• Others were against slavery, but didnt really
  want full social political equality.

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Colonization Movement

• What should be done with freed Af. Americans?
• Oddly enough, some people felt that whites Af.
  Ams could not live together peacefully.
• Freed Af. Ams should be sent to form colonies in
  Africa.

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Colonization Movement

• American Colonization Society was founded by
  Robert Finley.
• In 1822, the colony of Liberia on the west coast
  of Africa was founded.
• Opposition grew as Af. Ams felt they deserved the
  riches that America had to offer.

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Newspapers, Pamphlets, etc.

• How was the abolition message spread?
• Speaking tours, newspapers pamphlets
• Formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

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Northern People

• William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator,
  a newspaper.
• - also created was president of the American
  Anti-Slavery Society.
• Motives were religious reasons.
• Group split from disagreements about womens
  issues.

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Southern People

• Angelina Grimke published Appeal to the
  Christian Women of the South, a pamphlet.
• She and her sister Sarah toured New England
  giving lectures creating female antislavery
  societies.
• Both published American Slavery As It Is, the
  most important publication.

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Former Slaves

• Frederick Douglass speaking tours of America
  Europe.
• - also published The North Star, a newspaper.
• Sojourner Truth female known for fiery
  speeches.
• Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a
  Slave Girl.

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Action

• Underground Railroad network of people who
  arranged transportation hiding places for
  escaped slaves.
• Harriet Tubman most famous conductor
• Conductors offered hiding places at stations
  (homes) would send word to the next station
  that a group was coming.

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Northern Opposition

• Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?
• Many northern southern whites supported
  slavery.
• Economic reasons
• - Northerners feared losing their jobs to freed
  slaves.

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Northern Opposition

• Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?
• Racism
• - many were opposed to the idea of equal
  treatment
• Some formed violent groups to attack freed
  slaves.
• Congress made it illegal to discuss the
  anti-slavery movement (1st Amendment petition)

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Southern Opposition

• Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?
• Slavery was essential to Souths economy
  culture.
• Southerners thought MYOB !
• Freed slaves wouldnt be able to care for
  themselves.
• Plantations offered better living conditions than
  North.

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Abolitionist Movement

• Why did some Americans become abolitionists?
• What did they hope to achieve?
• How was the abolition message spread?
• Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?