The Abolition Movement

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The Abolition Movement

• November 9, 2006

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Fighting the good Fight

• How far would you go to fight for something you
  believed in?
• Would you be willing to risk your life for a
  purpose?
• The abolitionists were.

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Abolitionist Movement

• Abolitionist Movement The movement to end
  slavery.
• Emancipation Freeing of enslaved persons.

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Roots of Abolitionism

• Early efforts called for stopping the spread of
  slavery to new states and ending the slave trade
  within the U.S.

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Liberia

• In early 1800s some abolitionists favored a
  program to send slaves back to Africa.
• African Americans were offended because they
  considered themselves Americans.

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Radical Abolitionism

• William Lloyd Garrison Published a paper The
  Liberator which called for freeing the slaves.

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William Lloyd Garrison Quote

• I do not wish to think, or speak, or write,
  with moderation.I am earnest-I will not
  equivocate-I will not excuse-I will not retreat a
  single inch AND I WILL BE HEARD

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Frederick Douglas

• Frederick Douglas Famous African American who
  escaped slavery to become an influential
  abolitionist.

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Sojourner Truth

• Sojourner Truth Great female abolitionist
  speaker.

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Underground Railroad

• Underground Railroad A network of escape routes
  that provided protection and transportation for
  slaves freeing north.

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Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Tubman Courageous woman who made
  frequent trips to South rescuing more then 300
  slaves.

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Harriet Tubman Quote

• I never run my train off the track, and I never
  lost a passenger.

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Abolitionist opposition in North and South

• Northerners worried that the antislavery movement
  would further poor relations between North and
  South.
• Southerners worried about uprisings like Nat
  Turners rebellion.

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Gag Rule

• Gag Rule Congress passed the gag rule which for
  the next eight years prohibited antislavery
  petitions being read in the House of Rep.

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The End