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Chapter 16

Chapter 16. The South and the Abolition / Slavery Controversy. ________________. _____________= __________________ Cotton = Dominant Southern crop Eclipsing _________________________ South – produced more than half the entire world’s supply of cotton South – VERY powerful (______________)

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Chapter 16

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  1. Chapter 16 The South and the Abolition / Slavery Controversy

  2. ________________ • _____________= __________________ Cotton = Dominant Southern crop Eclipsing _________________________ South – produced more than half the entire world’s supply of cotton South – VERY powerful (______________) “Cotton is KING” If Civil War breaks out…..

  3. The Planter “Aristocracy” Antebellum America = no __________ but an oligarchy (_____________) = _____________ Effect: *Widens the gap between the _______________ _______________– Southern elite author Accused of starting the Civil War by ___________ “____________________”

  4. Early Abolition Movement • The ________________started with the ________________________________________________________________________________________ • Note: • Goal: Move African Americans to ___________on the West Africa coast. • It failed because • _____________________________ • _____________________________

  5. ________________(1852) *Written by “_______________________” (abolitionist) • - stirred up STRONG reactions from the North and South • Underlying point of book: slavery is not just a ____________contest, but also a great ____________struggle! • Book attacked the South “_____________________________________________” - ___________________________regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe on Civil War

  6. Abolitionists • ____________________ *Published the “___________” to the Colored Citizens of the World - literature passed around the South • Spoke of “standing up and fighting for your freedom as a slave” (Don’t wait on emancipation…. FIGHT for it) (D.W. = Don’t walk…RUN!)

  7. Nat Turner’s Rebellion • Considered the “__________________” slave rebellion • Followed “DAVID WALKER’S ideas” • __________________–a preacher born into slavery in 1800 in Virginia • Saw an eclipse in the sky (divine message) to free slaves • Attacked 4 plantations with 80 followers (killed 60 white people) • Nat Turner – hid, found, tried, hanged MOST SIGNIFICANT WHITE REACTION: - tighten up on “_____________________” and security

  8. Slavery and Abolition ****** ____________________****** (ABOLITIONIST) • Blamed for ____________________and had a bounty for His arrest Goal: an ______________“emancipation / abolition” of slavery with no payment to the slaver owner! • Started his own newspaper called ****___________________*** – spoke of ways to end slavery- *Published on __________________________ Duration: 30 years Famous Cry: __________________ Also founded the “______________________________________” July 4, 1854 - publically burned a copy of the Declaration of Independence Problem: ____________________________________!

  9. ___________________ • traveled throughout the country speaking of abolition - spoke of women’s rights at conventions - “Ain’t I a Woman” • Very famous speech that granted applause from men

  10. Frederick Douglass • An escaped slave (1838) that supported Garrison and The Liberator • Famous Autobiography = ____________________________________________ • Famous Newspaper = ____________________________ • Lecturer or Orator at the American Anti-Slavery Society conventions. • Wrote his own newspaper: ******The North Star******

  11. Underground Railroad • Secret network of people that helped escaped slaves into the North!!! (CANADA) ______________

  12. Slave Owners DEFEND Slavery (1) Slave Owners __________________(conversion and dedication to a relationship with __________) (2) Myth of a ________________/ happy addition to the plantation family / food /shelter…etc. (3) Abolitionists would SWAMP Congress with anti-slavery petitions and Southern representatives countered by securing a “____________” – __________________________________– repealed years later (4) ________________________________ (5) _________________________________ NORTHER REACTION TO SLAVERY (1) Still dependant on cotton industry – wants to quiet he abolitionist movement (2) Slavery should not be abolished…but prevent the spread of it • Remember: Wilmot Proviso Birth of the Free-Soil Party (Most Noted: Lincoln)

  13. Assignment Read p. 367-368 to analyze the reaction and impact of the abolitionist movement in the North and the South Format: T Chart (bullets) ABOLITION IMPACT North: _______________________________________ South:

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