Preview 2-2-15

• Define the term abolish.

• Use the term in a complete sentence.

Today• Target:We will learn to describe the historical

developments the Abolitionist.

■ Success: I will read historical perspectives from Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and the Underground Railroad.

Small Group Talk30 Second Think : Describe a time that you stood

up for something you believe in when everyone around you told you that you are wrong. Explain.

Talk: Turn and face your partner.

Partner A= 30 Seconds

Partner B= 30 Seconds

Share: TURN AND FACE THE PERSON SPEAKING

Frederick Douglass• Started his own

newspaper, the North Star

• Wrote an autobiography of his life, it became a bestseller, detailed the horrors of slavery

• Rest of his life, spoke around the world about equality and freedom

Abolitionist – Frederick Douglass

• Escaped slave, self-educated

• Fought for equal rights for all

• Subscribed to The Liberator and became friends with Garrison

[My master] would at times seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave. I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood. No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose. … It was the first of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant. It struck me with awful force. It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle. I wish I could commit to paper the feelings with which I beheld [saw] it. Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave- 1845

Frederick Douglass

• http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass/videos/frederick-douglas.

Underground Railroad

• Network of people that helped slaves escape to the North

• 1810-1850

• South lost 100,000 slaves

Abolitionist – Harriet Tubman• Former slave and

Union spy• Made 13 rescue

missions to help slaves escape from the South (nicknamed: The Underground Railroad)

Harriet Tubman• Her fellow African

Americans gave her the nickname “Moses” because she led them to freedom

• Risked her life many times

• After Civil War, worked for women’s rights

Harriet Tubman

• http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman/videos/harriet-tubman-and-the-underground-railroad.

Sojourner Truth• Slave, abolitionist and

women’s rights activist• “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech• Met President Lincoln• Spent the rest of her life

working for the rights of women and African Americans

Sojourner Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3AYiRT4no

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Speech Analysis

• Complete the analysis worksheet over Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman” Speech.

• Answer in complete sentences.

• You may work with your group to complete this assignment.