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Abolitionist Movement

Abolitionist Movement. Why did some Americans become abolitionists? What did they hope to achieve? How was the abolition message spread? Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?. Abolition. Why did some Americans become abolitionists? What did they hope to achieve?

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Abolitionist Movement

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  1. Abolitionist Movement Why did some Americans become abolitionists? What did they hope to achieve? How was the abolition message spread? Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?

  2. Abolition Why did some Americans become abolitionists? What did they hope to achieve? • Many different reasons for opposing slavery. • Abolition: a complete end to slavery • Emancipation: freedom from slavery for all enslaved African Americans

  3. Motives Why did some Americans become abolitionists? • Quakers & other religious groups said it was immoral. • Others said it opposed the idea of equality in Dec. of Ind.

  4. Degree How much equality should there be? • Some abolitionists thought there should be completely equal treatment. • Others were against slavery, but didn’t really want full social & political equality.

  5. Colonization Movement What should be done with freed Af. Americans? • Oddly enough, some people felt that whites & Af. Ams could not live together peacefully. • Freed Af. Ams should be sent to form colonies in Africa.

  6. Colonization Movement • American Colonization Society was founded by Robert Finley. • In 1822, the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa was founded. • Opposition grew as Af. Ams felt they deserved the riches that America had to offer.

  7. Newspapers, Pamphlets, etc. How was the abolition message spread? • Speaking tours, newspapers & pamphlets • Newspapers such as The Liberator were reading the US and England • Formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

  8. Northern People William Lloyd Garrison: published the Liberator, a newspaper. - also created & was president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Motives were religious reasons. Group split from disagreements about women’s issues.

  9. Southern People Angelina Grimke: published Appeal to the Christian Women of the South, a pamphlet. She and her sister Sarah toured New England giving lectures & creating female antislavery societies. Both published American Slavery As It Is, the most important publication.

  10. Former Slaves Frederick Douglass: speaking tours of America & Europe. - also published The North Star, a newspaper. Sojourner Truth: female known for ‘fiery’ speeches. Harriet Jacobs: wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

  11. Action Underground Railroad: “network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for escaped slaves”. Harriet Tubman: most famous ‘conductor’ Conductors offered hiding places at ‘stations’ (homes) & would send word to the next station that a group was coming.

  12. Northern Opposition Why were some Americans opposed to abolition? • Many northern & southern whites supported slavery. • Economic reasons - Northerners feared losing their jobs to freed slaves.

  13. Northern Opposition Why were some Americans opposed to abolition? • Racism - many were opposed to the idea of equal treatment Some formed violent groups to attack freed slaves. Congress made it illegal to discuss the anti-slavery movement (1st Amendment petition)

  14. Southern Opposition Why were some Americans opposed to abolition? • Slavery was essential to South’s economy & culture. • Southerners thought ‘MYOB’ ! • Freed slaves wouldn’t be able to care for themselves. • Plantations offered better living conditions than North.

  15. Abolitionist Movement Why did some Americans become abolitionists? What did they hope to achieve? How was the abolition message spread? Why were some Americans opposed to abolition?

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