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In the 1800’s, Many Americans demanded an end to slavery in the US

Abolitionists. In the 1800’s, Many Americans demanded an end to slavery in the US.

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In the 1800’s, Many Americans demanded an end to slavery in the US

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  1. Abolitionists In the 1800’s, Many Americans demanded an end to slavery in the US

  2. •By 1830’s, abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison starts his own newspaper, The Liberator.•Immediate end, not gradual. “I will not retreat a single inch-AND I WILL BE HEARD!”•Garrison starts the New England Anti-Slavery Society -1,000 chapters in 6 years.

  3. The Grimke Sisters•Wealthy Southern slaveholding family•With inheritance share, they asked their mother for enslaved workers which they freed•Grimke sisters, and Angelina’s husband, Theodore Weld wrote, “American Slavery As It Is.” Sold over 100K copies in first year

  4. African American Abolitionist • Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm started first African American newspaper, “Freedom’s Journal” • David Walker challenged Slaves to rebel and overthrow slavery by force. “America is more our country than it is the whites’-we have enriched it with our blood and tears.”

  5. Frederick Douglass • Most widely known Abolitionist • Born a slave-escaped • Taught self to read and write • Edited own newspaper, “The North Star” • Powerful Speaker-lecturer

  6. Sojourner Truth • Born a slave in New York-Isabella Baumfree • Escaped from Slavery • 1827, New York bans slavery • Preached on the streets and also for women’s rights

  7. Fugitive Slave Act • Required all citizens to catch runaway slaves • South hoped it would help catch slaves • Northern states were angered

  8. The Underground Railroad • A network of routes to help African Americans escape slavery from the South

  9. Harriet Tubman • Born a slave in Maryland and escaped • Made 19 trips and saved over 70 people-including her parents escape • The most successful conductor of the Underground Railroad • “Moses of her people” for leading slaves to freedom.

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