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Slavery
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Intro to Slavery
• In the American south, slavery was a way of life. Most all southerners owned slaves.
• Slaves were used for many things, including housework, cleaning, and most commonly on the plantation taking care of the crops.
• Slaves were property, not people in the south.
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America in the 1800’s
• North: Most northerners were abolitionists during this time period. They believed slavery was morally wrong.
• South: Almost all southerners wanted slavery. It was a way of life that they had and did not want to get rid of.
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America in the 1800’s
• In the south, Jim Crow Laws were passed along with Black Codes to keep slaves under control.
• Abolitionists from the north would help slaves escape, and challenge the slave system any way they could.
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Abolitionists
• Abolitionist- a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
• Some of the famous abolitionists are:
• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass
• Abraham Lincoln
• William Lloyd Garrison
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Harriet Tubman• Harriet Tubman is one of the most well-
known abolitionists.• She was a conductor on the Underground
Railroad. She made over 19
trips to the south, freeing
over 300 slaves.
Harriet never had a formal
position in any organization,
but she helped lots and lots of
people.
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William Lloyd Garrison
• William Lloyd Garrison was a newspaper editor for The Liberator. He wrote in it also, and often times about abolishing slavery.
• He founded New England Anti-Slavery Society, and co-founded American Anti-Slavery Society.
• William founded and joined many other anti-slavery societies and was a strong abolitionist in his time.
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Frederick Douglass• Frederick was born a slave, but escaped.
After escaping, he became an abolitionist leader. He was a very talented speaker, writer, and leader.
• He was known for his speeches and writing. He wrote 3 Main Keys for a Successful Life:
• 1) Believe in yourself, 2) Take Advantage of every opportunity, and 3)Use the power of spoken/written language to effect position change for you and society.
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Abraham Lincoln
• When Abraham Lincoln became President, he freed all slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation.
• He was not exactly an abolitionist, he
cared more about
slavery splitting up the
country than slavery
Itself.
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Slavery Video
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Underground Railroad
• It was: a network of secret paths and safe homes used by Black slaves to escape from slavery and get to a free state.
• This was used from 1860-1865.
• Abolitionists helped slaves escape from slave houses and travel to a free state using the Underground Railroad’s safe houses and secret routes.
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• What was it? :
• This was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Both black slaves and white slave owners were involved. It was led by Nat Turner, and some other slaves.
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• What occurred?
• 1- Nat Turner and other slaves rebelled by first killing Turner’s slave owner and his family, and then killing many more white slave holders.
• 2- The rebellion was stopped after a couple days, and militia along with angry mobs went and killed between 100-200 black slaves
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• 3) Southerners realized their vulnerability, and were scared for another rebellion. Northerners saw the level of anger and want for freedom in the slaves.
• 4) Slave owners tried to gain more power and more control over the slaves because they were scared.
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Freedom/Emancipation
• When Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860, he didn’t pass the Emancipation Proclamation until 1863.
• The Emancipation Proclamation said that all slaves in the Confederate territory (and in the whole U.S.) were forever free,
• All slaves were free by law! But it was not until 1865 that the states passed this law and it came into action completely.
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Works Cited
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• Holt, Michael F. "Abolitionist." . Abraham Lincoln Hisorical Digitization Project, n.d. Web. 12 Mar 2013. <dig.lib.nu.edu/message/ps-abolitionism.htm/>.
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• Lasky, Kathryn. True North. Scholstic, 1996. 266. Print.
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