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1. The time period before the Civil War was known as the _________________ period.

2. In the 1800s, more and more whites began to support _______________, or the movement to end slavery.

3. In 1836, Southern representatives got Congress to adopt a ____________ in order to limit debate on slavery.

4. William Lloyd Garrison called for immediate _________________, or freeing of the slaves.

Vocabulary

Abolition Emancipation

Antebellum Gag Rule

Write down your answers on a sheet of paper, you do not have to write the sentence

Abolitionist Movement How did slavery

become a significant issue in

American politics?

Nat Turner’s Rebellion •Nat Turner was a slave born in Virginia in 1800. He was a gifted preacher and came to believe that he had been chosen to lead his people out of slavery.

•In 1831, Turner thought a solar eclipse was a sign from God and led 80 followers on a slave revolt. They attacked four plantations and killed almost 60 white people before being captured.

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

• Turner was eventually captured, tried, and hanged.

• In retaliation, whites killed as many as 200 blacks – many of them were not involved with the slave revolt.

Effects of Turner’s Rebellion

• Strengthened the resolve of Southern whites to defend slavery and control their slaves

• Some people argued that the only way to prevent further slave revolts was to free the slaves

• Many slave owners pushed state legislatures to pass the Slave Codes, which placed even more restrictions on African-Americans, free and enslaved.

Stop and Think!

So, how did Nat Turner’s rebellion contribute to the rise of

abolitionism?

• The violence of Turner’s rebellion caused many people in the North and some in the South to think that the only way to prevent this from happening again was to abolish slavery.

• The death of so many white people by slaves was a huge story nationwide, and so the rebellion brought attention to the issue of slavery.

William Lloyd Garrison (1801-1879)

Publisher of The Liberator, a newspaper dedicated to the abolitionist movement

He wanted immediate emancipation with NO compensation.

He thought that slavery was a moral, notan economic issue.

Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society

The Liberator

Premiere issue January 1, 1831

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How did William Lloyd Garrison contribute to the rise of

abolitionism?

• His newspaper, The Liberator, was read by many and inspired people to join the abolitionist movement

• Stories spread that Nat Turner was inspired by what he read in The Liberator, and drew even more attention to Garrison and his cause

The Tree of Slavery—Loaded with the Sum of All

Villanies!

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)

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Frederick Douglass

• Born a slave in 1817, his master’s wife taught him how to read

• He escaped and ran away to the North• He was inspired by what he read in The

Liberator, and Garrison heard his story and got him to speak before the American Anti-Slavery Society

• He eventually began his own newspaper, The North Star in 1847

Frederick Douglass

• He was a very intelligent and well-spoken former slave who could recount the horrors and degradation of slavery

• He started his own abolitionist newspaper, The North Star

• He was a public speaker and gave lectures about his own experiences

• In 1845 he wrote The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

What did Frederick Douglass contribute to the rise of

abolitionism?

The Grimke Sisters

• Angelina and Sarah Grimke were daughters of a South Carolina slaveholder.

• Both women worked as abolitionists and called on other women to oppose slavery as their Christian duty

• In 1836, Angelina Grimke published An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. She called on women to help overthrow the system of slavery.

How did Angelina and Sarah Grimke contribute to the rise of

abolitionism?

• Specifically spoke to women and called women to act as abolitionists

• It was important that they grew up on a plantation and their father was a slave owner, because they saw first hand the corruption of slavery. This is why they became abolitionists. This is also why many people were interested in what they had to say.

Slavery as a Political Issue • The abolitionist movement

caused tension between the North and South, but slavery had been an issue since the nation began.

• As the mid-western and northern states grew economically and in population, slavery became an increasingly divisive issue over issues like nullification and political representation.

How did slavery become a significant issue in American

politics? • In your group, discuss today’s essential

question and use your notes to come up with a response in paragraph form (minimum of 5 sentences). Your response must be thorough and in complete sentences. There are many things that gave rise to abolitionism, so if you only have one or two example your answer is not complete. Everyone needs to turn one in to receive credit.