Transcript The Anti-Slavery Movement

THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT
8.3
OBJECTIVES
Describe the lives of enslaved and free African
Americans in the 1800s
 Indentify the leaders and tactics of the abolition
movement.
 Summarize the opposition to abolition
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KEY PARTS
Life Under Slavery
 The Lives of Free African Americans
 The Fight Against Slavery
 Working Against Abolition
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INTRODUCTION
Read section 8.3
 On page 284 answer the two compare questions.
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LIFE UNDER SLAVERY
Slaves suffered cruel treatment, they labored
from dawn until dusk at backbreaking tasks.
 They would primarily cultivate cotton fields, load
freight onto ships, or prepare meals in scorching
hot kitchens.
 Their overseers punished the slaves physically
with beatings, whippings, and maiming if they
did not perform adequately.
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CONT.
It was emotionally difficult for the slaves because
they were often separated from their loved ones
to help against uprisings.
 They survived through making the best out of the
situations and working together to endure the
suffering.
 Some decided to escape or begin revolts.
 The underground railroad freed many slaves by
giving them ways to escape up north or south to
Mexico.
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CONT.
There were over 200 slave revolts during the first
half of the 19th century.
 One of the most famous was Nat Turner’s revolt
in 1831.
 He escaped his plantation with a group of slaves
and they gathered weapons from a local armory,
killing 60 people along the way.
 His group was stopped quickly by a local militia
and Nat and his followers were found and killed.
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THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY
Many northern revolutionist began object slavery
based on moral grounds. In 804 all states north of
Maryland had passed legislation to end slavery.
 In 1807 bringing any new slaves to any part of
the United States from Africa was banned.
 Soon after the abolition movement began.
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CONT.
William Lloyd Garrison was one of the leading
abolitionists, his goal was to spread the
abolitionists society.
 All of the abolitionist would travel and hold
lectures of the importance and moral reasons for
emacipation.
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WORKING AGAINST ABOLITION
Of course the Southerners resisted against
abolition because they had to have slave to work
the fields.
 Also they were afraid of having to many
uneducated African Americans around the
country, they felt they would cause trouble and
harm in the communities.
 Many Northerners were against abolition as well.
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CONT.
The Northerners were more concerned with the
slaves taking the industrial jobs away from the
lower class Irish and Germans as well as early
colonist.
 This is were slavery begins to divide the nation,
so many people felt extremely passionate on each
side of the argument.
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