US Abolition Movement

1. US Abolition Movement 11th Grade History Mrs. Liendo Forward

2. Home People Involved Legislation of the Time • Directions • Click on the picture or text to advance slides. Click on action buttons or their accompanying text to advance slides. Be sure to complete the self-test at the end of the lesson. Important Event Self Test Literature of the Time Forward

3. William Lloyd Garrison • Native of Massachusetts • Early career as a newspaper writer/editor aided Garrison in his efforts to advance the abolition movement. • Advocate for immediate and complete freedom of America’s slaves. This stance was radical for the time in which he lived because most people believed in gradual emancipation. • Gained experience with abolition movements in England and then used that knowledge to found and lead the American Anti-Slavery Society. Forward

4. Sojourner Truth • Native of New York; born into slavery. • Escaped slavery by running away. • Had a deep faith in God and Christianity which was the source of all her personal convictions for equality between the races and sexes. • Was a powerful orator who advocated for abolition and later the suffrage movement. • During the Civil War she raised food and equipment for black soldiers and administered relief to newly freed slaves. Forward

5. John Brown • A radical abolitionist who operated in the 1850s. • Gathered a group of armed men and called for the violent overthrow of slavery in the South. • Spread his violent means of abolition from Kansas to Virgininawhere he meant to provoke black slaves into rebellion against their masters. • In the attack on Harper’s Ferry Brown was captured, then tried and hanged. Return to Menu

6. Legislation of the Abolition Movement Era • Laws enacted by the government preceding the Civil War were aimed at keeping the peace between the North and South. These laws were heavily influenced by the abolition movement. Ex: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act. Forward

7. Legislation of the Abolition Movement Era • The Emancipation Proclamation speech given by President Lincoln in 1863 did NOT free all US slaves. The abolition movement culminated when the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by ¾ of states in Dec. 1865. Slavery ended in the US once this occurred. Return to Menu

8. Literature of the Era • Books, newspaper articles, and pamphlets were one way that abolitionists spread their message to free slaves to everyday Americans. These piece of literature have a long history in the US and were being authored for 80+ years before the Civil War. • One of the earliest works was written by Thomas Paine. The pamphlet “African Slavery in America” dates back to 1775, a time when the US was still a colony of Great Britain. Forward

9. Literature of the Era • The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 was a work of fiction meant to draw attention to the cruel treatment endured by slaves at the hands of their owners. Return to Menu

10. Westward Expansion • Throughout the 1800s Americans were moving from their homes, located east of the Appalachian Mountains, westward into newly acquired territory. • These settlers took with theme their culture and values, including their ideas on whether or not slavery should continue to exist in the US. • As these settlers petitioned for their home territories to become states in the Union conflict arose between abolitionists and pro-slavery views which led to events that helped bring about the Civil War. Return to Menu

11. Self-Test What was the US Abolition Movement? A.) A series of people and events over a 120+ year period that helped to keep America’s slave population confined to the social norms of the past. B.) A series of people and events over a 80+ year period that influenced governmental policy towards slavery and helped to free America’s African population from slavery. C.) A movement among the people of the western most territories within the Union to be admitted as free states.

12. Nice try but A is the wrong answer. Recall the timespan the Abolition Movement encompassed and its purpose to choose the right answer. Return to Question

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14. Nice try but C is not the correct answer. Recall the lesson and the different elements involved with the US Abolition Movement to choose the correct answer. Return to Question

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