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The Antislavery Movement

The Antislavery Movement. Chapter 8 Section 3. Life Under Slavery. Slavery Considered an American institution since colonial times Growth of cotton farming  need for slaves grew Suffered cruel treatment

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The Antislavery Movement

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  1. The Antislavery Movement Chapter 8 Section 3

  2. Life Under Slavery • 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

  3. Separation of Families

  4. Trying to Survive • 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)

  5. Resistance • Sabotage • Breaking tools, outwitting overseers, escape • Fled to the North or Mexico • Underground Railroad • Revolts

  6. Denmark Vesey • Denmark Vesey, 1822 • Freedman • Second-rate citizen Charleston, SC • Eventually hanged

  7. Nat Turner • 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

  8. Question • How did enslaved people resist their captivity?

  9. The Lives of Free African Americans • 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)

  10. Go Down, Moses

  11. Go Down, Moses • 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?

  12. The Fight Against Slavery • 1804, all states north of MD passed legislation to end slavery • 1807, bringing any new slaves from Africa banned • Abolition Movement

  13. William Lloyd Garrison • 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

  14. William Lloyd Garrison Started The Liberator antislavery newspaper

  15. Abolitionists • Theodore Weld • Lane Theological Seminary in OH • Married Angelina Grimké • Sarah Grimké • Frederick Douglass • David Walker

  16. Abolitionists Theodore Weld Angelina Grimké

  17. Abolitionists Sarah Grimké Frederick Douglass

  18. Working Against Abolition • 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

  19. Northerners Resist Abolition • 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

  20. Slavery Divides Nation • 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

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