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At the Bell. Write statements speculating on reasons why abolitionists fought against the institution of slavery. Chapter 17 Reform. Section Three: The Crusade for Abolition. I. Early Opponents of Slavery. Abolitionists started a campaign that called for an end to slavery
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At the Bell • Write statements speculating on reasons why abolitionists fought against the institution of slavery.
Chapter 17 Reform Section Three: The Crusade for Abolition
I. Early Opponents of Slavery • Abolitionists started a campaign that called for an end to slavery 1. Against Constitution • Northern states abolished by early 1800’s • Colonization- American Colonization Society- abolitionist who wanted to send freed slaves back to Africa to set up colonies 1. freed slaves opposed the ACS
Assignment • With a partner write a skit in which one person is a proponent of colonization and the other is an opponent of colonization.
II. Abolitionists Call for Action • Overtime abolitionist call for an immediate end to slavery • David Walker- Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World- call to take action • William Lloyd Garrison- abolitionist newspaper- Liberator
III. Voices of the American Anti-Slavery Society • First national antislavery organization • Frederick Douglass- fugitive slave 1. Spoke and wrote against slavery- very moving • Sojourner Truth- former slave speaks on behalf of abolitionists • The Grimke sisters- Quaker women • Moved to Philly to protest slavery • Wrote on behalf of Abolitionists
Assignment • With a partner create a bulleted list of methods used by the American Anti-Slavery Society to spread its message. • Then brainstorm for other ways in which abolitionists might have peacefully spread their message.
IV. Problems for Abolitionists • Violent resistance • Violence was used in South • Fear and prejudice in the North of African Americans • The Movement splinters 1. Moderates and radicals
Questions • Why was it not until the late eighteenth century that large numbers of individuals considered slavery to be morally wrong? • Why did abolitionists consider slavery to be wrong? • Are agitation and denunciation an effective way of opposing a social evil or do such methods simply breed resistance?
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