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How did the south become dependent on slave labor ?

Explore how the South became reliant on slave labor due to its lack of economic diversification, demand for cotton, and constitutional allowances. Uncover the arguments used to justify slavery and the methods employed by abolitionists like Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass to end it. Understand the role of the Northwest Ordinance in limiting slavery and how states in the North gradually ended the institution.

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How did the south become dependent on slave labor ?

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  1. How did the south become dependent on slave labor ?

  2. South did not diversify its’ economy, the land was suited for farming crops that required a lot of labor, there was a huge demand for cotton, the north needed the cotton in its’ textile mills, the Constitution allowed slavery.

  3. Arguments used to justify slavery ?

  4. States right, right to property, economic necessity, slavery existed even in ancient times

  5. Who were famous abolitionists ?

  6. Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Grimike sisters, John Brown

  7. What method was used by Nat Turner & J. Brown to try to end slavery ?

  8. Violent uprising

  9. What methods were used by William Lloyd Garrison to end slavery?

  10. Published the newspaper “The Liberator”, burned a copy of Constitution.

  11. How did Tubman deal with slavery ?

  12. Escaped, helped others in Underground RR

  13. How did Lincoln try to end slavery ?

  14. Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War, and promoted the 13th amendment; moved the justification of the Civil War from preserving the Union to fighting for the just cause of freedom for all

  15. How did Frederick Douglass try to end slavery ?

  16. Wrote, spoke, published the newspaper “The North Star”, gave $ from lectures, pressured Lincoln to allow African Americans to enlist as soldiers

  17. Role of Northwest Ordinance in limiting slavery ?

  18. Stated no slavery allowed in the "old northwest ” - meant that new states admitted to the U.S. in the north would not be allowed to have slaves

  19. How did states in the north end slavery ?

  20. Gradual manumission; compensation and written into their state constitutions

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