Slavery & Abolition

1. Slavery & Abolition Chapter 8 Section 2

2. I Abolitionists Speak Out • AfricanbAericans were joined by some whites in support of abolition • Abolition= Movement to outlaw slavery

3. A. William Lloyd Garrison • WLG oublished the Liberator to deliver mnessage of Emancipation • Emancipation= freeing of slaves • Garison gathered large nu,mber of white support for abolition movement

4. B. Frederick Douglas • Was born into slavery and taught to read & write by slave owners wife • Ran awaymetWLGbecome spokesperson for WLG’s Anti Slavery Society • Began his own anti-slavery newaspaper called The North Star • Named after the star that guided slaves to freedom in underground RR

5. II Life Under SlaveryA. Rural Slavery • Most lived & worked on large plantations • Worked from sun up to sun down • Frequently whipped • Lived in small, cramped, dirty quarters • Worked in field picking cotton or inside as cooks and servants

6. B. Urban Slavery • Profits from farmingwhites leaving urban jobs to become farmers • Lack of laborers in urban centers • AF. Amer. Fill the need for skilled labor like blacksmithing • Slave owners “hired out” many slaved • Collected their pay & did not have to supervise them

7. C. Nat Turner’s Rebellion • Nat Turner= slave that led slave revolt that attacked plantations uerging slaves to join him • Killed many slave owners and their fam • Whites responded by attacking Turner & his followers • Captured and hung • Nat Turner’s Rebellion strengthening of the slave codes to ensure a slave revolt never happebned again

8. III Slave Owners Oppose AbolitionA. Virginia Debate • Future of slavery brought up by non-slave holding whites in western VA • Vote to abolish slavery was defeated • The loss ended debate on slavery in the antebellum south • Antebellum= pre-civil war

9. B. Regulating African Americans • Southernbers feared education would inspiure another slave revolt • Strengthened control through slave codes • Free & enslaved blacks could not preach bible • Free blacks could note vote, purchase gun, alc., assemble publicly • Whites formed vigilance commitees to ensure rules were followed

10. C. Proslavery Arguments • Bible used to defend slaveryslavery fostered Christian civ. Among African Amer. • Myth of the happy slave= N fired ppl when they were too old or expensive whereas southern slaves were taken care of for life • Abolitionists swamped congress w/ hundreds of petitions • Congress counters w/ the gag rule • Gag rule= limiting or preventing debate on an issue in congress • Took away constitutional right for citizens to petition • Calls for abolition grew violent