I Am An Abolitionist

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I Am An Abolitionist
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What is an abolitionist ?

• One who works to abolish schools.
• One who works to abolish fat.
• One who works to abolish slavery.

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If you selected choice 3

• You are correct!!!!
• An abolitionist is someone who works to abolish
  slavery.

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What do you know about the Abolitionist Movement ?

• Okay, check this out.

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Facts on the Abolitionist Movement

• Most abolitionists were white.
• Quakers were the first to speak out against
  slavery.
• Most abolitionists lived in New England.
• Free African Americans joined the movement.
• Former enslaved African Americans joined.
• They worked to bring an end to slavery by
  publicizing its evils.

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More facts

• Through their newspapers, books, and speaking
  tours, they worked to influence public opinion
  against slavery.
• Dec. 4, 1833 the American Anti-Slavery Society
  (AASS) met in Philadelphia.
• They met for 3 days and developed a plan of
  action.

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The AASS called for immediate abolition of
slavery and the elevation of the condition of
African Americans.
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More facts..Important Abolitionists

• William Lloyd Garrison
• James Forten
• Frederick Douglass
• Sojurner Truth
• Angelina and Sarah Grimke
• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

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More Abolitionist

• John Greenleaf Whittier
• Elijah P. Lovejoy
• Okay, Okay..Ill stop with the list. Lets
  focus on 3 individuals from the list.

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William Lloyd Garrison

• Joined the abolitionist movement at the age of
  25.
• He fought against slavery for 35 years.
• Published his anti-slavery newspaper Liberator
  for
• 20 years.
• He called for the immediate end to slavery.

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Garrison continued

• He was one of the most controversial and
  outspoken leaders of the movement.
• Next, Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass

• Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey.
• Taught to read and write by his slave masters
  mistress.
• Escaped slavery at the age of 20.
• Became one of the most important African American
  leaders of his time.
• Published an anti-slavery newspaper called The
  North Star.

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Douglass continued..

• His public speaking skills impressed the AASS so,
  that they asked him to give regular lectures.
• He called for justice for all oppressed people
  regardless of their race, nationally, or sex.
• Instrumental in the changing of the U.S.
  government policy on allowing African Americans
  into the armed forces during the Civil War.
• Thirdly, the Grimke Sisters

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Angelina and Sarah Grimke

• Born into a wealthy slaveholding family in
  Charleston, SC.
• Rejected their parents view of slavery and moved
  North to support the abolition movement.
• They became the first female members of the AASS.
• They were criticized for their willingness to
  speak out against slavery by people who believed
  women should not speak out in public.

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Angelina and Sarah continued..

• In 1836, Angelina wrote the Appeal to Christian
  Women of the South, it was her attempt to bring
  other women into the movement.
• Also in 1836, Sarah wrote the An Epistle to the
  Clergy of the Southern States.
• Their powerful works had a huge impact on the
  South because it was the first time such works
  had been written by southerners for southerners.

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Now you know something about the Abolitionist
Movement

• Check out the following websites to learn even
  more.
• http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html
• http//www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/slave.htm

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• It is enough for me..that every yoke is
  broken, and every bondmen is set free.
• William Lloyd Garrison
• 1865

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Works Cited

• Middleton, Stephen and Stokes,Charlotte.The
  African American Experience A History. Globe
  Fearon, Inc.New Jersey
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
• http//www.biography-center.com