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Slavery, the Abolitionist Movement,
and State’s Rights
History
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the
Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
Explain the importance of key issues and events that
led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights,
nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of
1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act,
Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over
secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander
Stephens.
AKS
Abolitionist Movement
Free Blacks
Could…
• Own Property
These free
blacks were
considered a
problem to the
white
population
because they
threatened the
institution of
slavery.
The Antebellum South There had always been free blacks in the United States,
including Georgia. One example is Austin Dabney.
These free blacks could not vote, were not considered
citizens of the state, and could not live in certain areas.
Southern Population (1860)
Slavery in Georgia
Slavery was a way of life in the Deep South. The economic success of Georgia was
from the back breaking labor of slaves. As new inventions such as the Cotton Gin
made agricultural production faster more agricultural products were need. The
importation and ownership of slaves increased drastically.
A Way of Life in the Deep South
Slavery in Georgia
Short Cotton Fiber was a primary crop grown in Georgia after the
invention of the Cotton Gin. As the demand for cotton increased so
did the need for land and slaves to work the fields.
The Deep South Struggles to Maintain
Control
1790—Price for a slave field hand is around
$300.
1798—Georgia constitution outlaws importation
of slaves from Africa due to Federal law.
1801—Georgia legislature passes law to prevent
slave owners from freeing slaves in their wills.
1810—Georgians become more outspoken in
their defense of slavery.
Abolitionist Movement
Churches
Split…
• Baptist and
Methodist Church
will Split.
In 1845, the
Methodists and Baptist
Churches split over
the issue of slavery.
The Southern Baptist
Convention was
formed by those who
supported slavery.
These types of
conventions untied
people together who
shared common beliefs
but began to separate
those who lived in
South.
Not Everyone in Georgia Supported Slavery
There had always been free blacks in the United States,
including Georgia. One example is Austin Dabney.
These free blacks could not vote, were not considered
citizens of the state, and could not live in certain areas.
1817—Georgia
newspaper
editorial asks for
the gradual
reduction of
slavery.
1830—Anti-slavery
groups and
newspapers are
organized, and
Underground
Railroad is
established.
The Deep South Struggles to
Maintain Control
Sothern's could not import slaves but that did not
stop slavery from becoming a profitable business in
the South.
Slavery in the Deep South
Slave Rebellions in the Antebellum South:
Nat Turner, 1831
1835—General Assembly makes the
conviction for circulating any newspaper in
Georgia that might incite slaves to riot
punishable by death.
Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionists helped slaves flee the
South and travel to selected northern
states or Canada.
• The Underground Railroad was used
to help thousands of slaves escape.
• It was a network of people who
would help escaping slaves move
closer to their destination.
• Harriet Tubman was the leader of the
Underground Railroad movement.
Harriet Tubman
1850—Price for a
slave field hand is
over $1,000.
1852—Uncle
Tom’s Cabin is
published.
1859—Georgia
General Assembly
prohibits slave
owners to free their
slaves in another
state.
1860—Price is up
to $1,800 for a
slave field hand.
The Deep South Struggles to
Maintain Control
Southerner's could not import slaves but that did
not stop slavery from becoming a profitable
business in the South.
Slavery in the Deep South
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