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The Struggle for Freedom

The Struggle for Freedom. The Antislavery Movement & The Underground Railroad Lesson 2. Slavery. North vs. South. Abolitionist Someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery Many whites and free blacks, men and women, and Northerners and Southerners were included

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The Struggle for Freedom

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  1. The Struggle for Freedom The Antislavery Movement & The Underground Railroad Lesson 2

  2. Slavery North vs. South

  3. Abolitionist • Someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end slavery • Many whites and free blacks, men and women, and Northerners and Southerners were included • Name one abolitionist.

  4. Abolitionist • An antislavery activist • Someone who joined the Antislavery Movement to abolish, or end slavery • Who are some of the abolitionists in Lesson 2? • Do you know of any others that are not listed in this lesson?

  5. Some Abolitionists • Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) was born into a slave family in Maryland and was hired out as a laborer at the age five. At the age of 15, after helping a runaway slave, Tubman was beaten in the head with a lead weight by an overseer. This severe beating put her in a coma. It took Tubman months to recover and she suffered from blackouts for the rest of her life. Despite this added challenge to her many others, Tubman managed to escape to the North... determined to help her family and others escape slavery as well. As the best known conductor of the "Underground Railroad", Tubman made at least 19 trips to the South between 1850 and 1860, leading around 300 people to freedom.

  6. Harriet Tubman

  7. Sarah & Angelina Grimke • After being raised by a slaveholder in Charleston, South Carolina, Sarah and Angelina moved to Philadelphia in 1819 due to their strong opposition to slavery. In 1835, Angelina wrote a letter against slavery that William Lloyd Garrison published in his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. A year later, Angelina followed up on this success by publishing An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South (1836).

  8. Sarah and Angelina Grimke

  9. William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison, the American anti-slavery leader, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the 10th of December 1805. He wrote for The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper.

  10. You will be doing an assignment with various members of the antislavery movement. You will create trading cards (similar to baseball cards) depicting a single member of the A.M. Here is a list of possible abolitionists you may choose from.

  11. Sarah Grimke • Angelina Grimke • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Abraham Lincoln • Dred Scott • Horace Greeley • Florence Nightingale • Julia Ward Howe • Clara Barton • John Brown • Frederick Douglass • Harriet Tubman • Nat Turner • William Lloyd Garrison • Sojourner Truth

  12. You must work alone. However, more than one person might have the same abolitionist. • You may use the internet, your book, the books supplied at the front of the room. You will sign up for an individual abolitionist. First come, first serve!

  13. Good luck!

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