chapter 8 section 3. slavery considered an american institution since colonial times growth of...
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The Antislavery Movement
Chapter 8 Section 3
Slavery
Considered an American institution since colonial times
Growth of cotton farming need for slaves grew
Suffered cruel treatment Beatings, whipping, maiming, mental
punishment (humiliation), threat of being separated from family
Separation from family slaves sold
Life Under Slavery
Separation of Families
Some slaves took their own lives Some slaves dealt with pain and suffering
daily Most slaves maintained their dignity and hope
Keeping ties with family and friends Family traditions kept alive Family stories Took comfort in their religion (mix of traditional
African and Christian beliefs)
Trying to Survive
Sabotage
Breaking tools, outwitting overseers, escape
Fled to the North or Mexico Underground Railroad Revolts
Resistance
Denmark Vesey, 1822
Freedman Second-rate citizen Charleston,
SC Eventually hanged
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner, 1831
Taught himself to read the Bible August 1831, near Richmond, VA Later executed
As a result, southerners became fearful Stricter laws passed
Legality of literacy Revolts inspired Northerners to work against
slavery
Nat Turner
How did enslaved people resist their captivity?
Question
Northern states had outlawed slavery
by the 1840s ME and VA slowly freeing slaves Freed slaves still dealt with racial
discrimination American Colonization Society (ACS) David Walker (free African American)
The Lives of Free African Americans
Go Down, Moses
What is the story of Moses?
How did the African Americans relate to the story of Moses?
Who did the Pharaoh represent?
In what way did African American spirituals combine African and European influences to create something new?
Why do you think few African American spirituals survive in their original forms?
Go Down, Moses
1804, all states north of MD
passed legislation to end slavery 1807, bringing any new slaves
from Africa banned Abolition Movement
The Fight Against Slavery
Printer in Boston, MA Began antislavery career working
for Benjamin Lundy Lundy published 1st antislavery
newspaper The Liberator Garrison’s
newspaper Moral suasion In favor of emancipation
1833, American Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd GarrisonStarted The Liberator antislavery newspaper
Theodore Weld
Lane Theological Seminary in OH Married Angelina Grimké Sarah Grimké
Frederick Douglass David Walker
Abolitionists
Abolitionists
Theodore Weld Angelina Grimké
Abolitionists
Sarah Grimké Frederick Douglass
Despite abolitionist efforts; most
Americans continued to support slavery Southerners claim slavery is necessary
due to Southern agricultural economy Claim North also dependent due to textile
and shipping industries Claim that Christianity supported slavery
(inevitable) Refusal in south to read abolitionist
newspapers
Working Against Abolition
Most northerners agreed with southerners
about slavery Grimké-Weld wedding
Tension locals burn down antislavery meeting hall
Fear that end of slavery would end supply of southern cotton
Gag Rule, 1836 renewed annually for 8 years
Northerners Resist Abolition
Abolition movement small and mostly
confined to North Vocal and persistent
Widened regional cultural differences between largely urban and industrialized North and the largely rural and agricultural South Divided country
Slavery Divides Nation