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The Abolitionist Movement

The Abolitionist Movement. Slavery. all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself [herself] voluntarily Control through violence or threat of violence Exploitation for profit Loss of free will.

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The Abolitionist Movement

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  1. The Abolitionist Movement

  2. Slavery • all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself [herself] voluntarily • Control through violence or threat of violence • Exploitation for profit • Loss of free will

  3. Abolition • Definition: A complete end to slavery • Abolitionist: some one that works toward a complete end to slavery. • Emancipation: The immediate freedom from the control of another person.

  4. History • Quakers fought for an end to slavery from colonial times • In the Second Great Awakening Christians pushed for change on moral grounds. • Words of the Declaration of Independence included equality for all.

  5. Spreading the Message • Newspapers/Books • The Liberator: poetry and literature • The North Star & Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass • Speaking Tours • Some white activist: Angelina and Sarah Grimke • Freed African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Charles Remond • Groups • American Anti-Slavery Society: wanted an end to slavery immediately

  6. Underground Railroad • A network of people that arrange transportation and hiding places for African Americans as they try to escape from slavery. • Spread path information in songs & other cultural tools • Wore disguises and moved along the trails at night. • Sometimes they were transported by hiding in boxes or wagons

  7. Songs (Follow the Drinking Gourd) • When the Sun comes backAnd the first quail callsFollow the Drinking Gourd,For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedomIf you follow the Drinking Gourd • The riverbank makes a very good road.The dead trees will show you the way.Left foot, peg foot, travelling on,Follow the Drinking Gourd. • The river ends between two hillsFollow the Drinking Gourd.There’s another river on the other sideFollow the Drinking Gourd. • When the great big river meets the little riverFollow the Drinking Gourd.For the old man is a-waiting for to carry to freedomIf you follow the Drinking Gourd.

  8. Songs http://pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/music1.cfm

  9. Quilt Patterns • Monkey Wrench Drunkard’s Path • Bow tie Bear Claw Trail

  10. Underground Railroad • Trail known as the “railroad” • The hiding places during the day were called “stations” • The abolitionists who traveled with the fugitives Conductors”…offered there home for protection were known as “station managers” • Over 40,000 African Americans saved

  11. Harriet Tubman • Escaped from slavery in 1849 • Went back to the south 19 times to help others escape slavery • She successfully led her family and 300 other African Americans to safety in the North and Canada. • At one point the bounty for her capture was $40,000

  12. Opposition • Government: placed a gag rule on discussing emancipation petitions from 1836-1844. • Northern politicians: some thought African Americans would take jobs from whites. • Southern whites: They believed slavery was vital to their economy. Used racism to validate their ideas.

  13. http://www.history.com/videos/abolitionists-and-the-underground-railroadhttp://www.history.com/videos/abolitionists-and-the-underground-railroad

  14. Slavery Today? • Does slavery still exist today? • http://www.freedomcenter.org/slavery-today/#

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