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Aim #32: What were the differing viewpoints on abolition?

Explore the contrasting perspectives on abolition during the time of the Mexican-American War and the rise of militant abolitionism. Discover the impact of the war on the expansion of slavery and the influential figures who fought for immediate abolition.

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Aim #32: What were the differing viewpoints on abolition?

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  1. Aim #32: What were the differing viewpoints on abolition? Do Now! Copy down the aim on a separate sheet of paper • Have out your homework (Mexican-American War) • Do now! handout (Parliament and Garrison)

  2. Common Myths About Slavery the “peculiar institution” • North = Good (actually northern bankers financed southern plantations, northern manufacturers sold cotton back to south to clothe slave and even sold insurance policies on slaves!) • South = Bad (some owners treated slavery fairly) • Blacks = Victims (there were revolts)

  3. All northerners were against slavery.

  4. All white southerners owned slaves.

  5. All blacks in the South were slaves.

  6. B. But Slavery Persists & Expands (The Cotton Gin, New Lands, Natural Reproduction)

  7. (I) IMPACT OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR a. More than 1 million square miles added to US (Larger than LA Purchase b. question: should slavery be allowed to expand in the West Expansion of slavery c. Wilmot Proviso 1. Proposition to prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico 2. Passed the house, failed in the Senate d. “Popular Sovereignty” emerged as a way to avoid the issue (let people in the state decide)

  8. (II) THE COLONIZATION MOVEMENT • advocating freeing the slaves and then deporting them to Africa or the Caribbean • People couldn’t envision an interracial society • Gradual emancipation • (1816) American Colonization Society

  9. (III) MILITANT ABOLITIONISM a. Rejected gradual emancipation b. Blacks should be equal citizens c. David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World • Called for slaves to revolt against masters • Condemned colonization idea • Used the bible and Declaration of Independence to spread message d. William Lloyd Garrison 1. (1831) The Liberator 2. Immediate abolition of slavery

  10. (IV) NAT TURNER’S REVOLT (1831) • Turner was born into slavery in Virginia • With 80 followers, attacked 4 plantations, killed 60 whites (before being captured and hanged) c. Rebellion strengthened the resolve of whites to defend slavery and control their slaves

  11. Election of 1840

  12. With Politics: The Liberty Party

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