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Gabe Tudor Sean Patrick Cole Aspell John Jordan

Chapter 10: The Union in Peril Topic: How did the work of northern abolitionists defy the system of slavery?. Gabe Tudor Sean Patrick Cole Aspell John Jordan. The North. Feared expansion of slavery 2 main reasons more slaves= more free labor= less need for paid workers to do labor

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Gabe Tudor Sean Patrick Cole Aspell John Jordan

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  1. Chapter 10:The Union in PerilTopic: How did the work of northern abolitionists defy the system of slavery? Gabe Tudor Sean Patrick Cole Aspell John Jordan

  2. The North • Feared expansion of slavery • 2 main reasons • more slaves= more free labor= less need for paid workers to do labor • the status of white workers would go down if they lost work to the slaves

  3. Was forced back into slavery in Virginia due to the Fugitive Slave Act • His trial resulted in antislavery sentiment throughout the North • “We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromised Union Whigs, and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”       - Northerner Anthony Burns

  4. Anthony Burns

  5. Fugitive Slave Act • Was a component of the Compromise of 1850 • People were surprised by the terms of act • Extremely harsh • Alleged fugitives were not entitled to a trial by jury • Contradiction of 6th Amendment • Fugitives couldn't testify on their behalf either

  6. Resisting the Law • Infuriated by the Fugitive Slave Act • Northerners organized committees • Send endangered African Americans to safety • Canada • Others rescued fugitive slaves by means of violence • Passed Personal Liberty Laws • 9 Northern States passed this • Forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves • Guaranteed jury trials

  7. Resisting the Law (Cont.) • Northern lawyers drug out the trials • 3-4 years • Increased slave catchers’ expenses • Southern slave owners were enraged by Northern resistance to Fugitive Slave Act • “Do not be surprised if when I return home you find me a confirmed disunionist.” • Harvard Law student from Georgia

  8. Underground Railroad • A network that fugitive slaves had to use for their escape to freedom • Many white and black supporters helped the slaves along their way to the North • Harriet Tubman • One the most famous conductors of the URR • She became this shortly after the F.S.A. was passed • Saved more than 300 slaves • Had a price of $40,000 on her head • Was nicknamed “Moses” by rescued slaves

  9. Harriet Tubman

  10. A Personal Voice • "In The Woods I lived on nothing...I stayed in the hollow of a big poplar tree for seven months...I suffered mighty bad with the cold and for something to eat. One time a snake come to the tree... and I took my axe chopped him in two. It was... the poisonest kind of snake we have. While in the woods all my thoughts was how to get away to a free country." • insert from The Underground Railroad,                   by Charles L. Blockson

  11. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 • Criticized by many during the time period • Increased the amount of protest against the Fugitive Slave Act  • Southerners saw it as an attack on their culture and values  • Proved that slavery was a moral and political struggle in the U.S.

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