How did the south become dependent on slave labor ?

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