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Page 1: Chapter 8 Section 3.   Slavery  Considered an American institution since colonial times  Growth of cotton farming  need for slaves grew  Suffered

The Antislavery Movement

Chapter 8 Section 3

Page 2: Chapter 8 Section 3.   Slavery  Considered an American institution since colonial times  Growth of cotton farming  need for slaves grew  Suffered

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

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Separation of Families

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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

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Sabotage

Breaking tools, outwitting overseers, escape

Fled to the North or Mexico Underground Railroad Revolts

Resistance

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Denmark Vesey, 1822

Freedman Second-rate citizen Charleston,

SC Eventually hanged

Denmark Vesey

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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

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How did enslaved people resist their captivity?

Question

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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

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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

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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

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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

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William Lloyd GarrisonStarted The Liberator antislavery newspaper

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Theodore Weld

Lane Theological Seminary in OH Married Angelina Grimké Sarah Grimké

Frederick Douglass David Walker

Abolitionists

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Abolitionists

Theodore Weld Angelina Grimké

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Abolitionists

Sarah Grimké Frederick Douglass

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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

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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

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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