The Anti Slavery Movement Chapter 8 Section 3 The Anti Slavery Movement

Life Under Slavery Back Breaking task from dawn to dusk Cultivating fields of cotton, loading freight onto ships, or preparing hot meals in scorching kitchens Punishments included beatings, whippings, and maiming's. Basics of life barely provided Most often slaves could not read or write Family’s often separated never to reunite

Resisting Slavery Enslaved peoples did what they could to fight against slavery Broke tools Trying to escape Underground Railroad- ever-changing routes helped people to freedom 1822-Denmark Vessey-planned the greatest slave revolt in history Charlestown South Carolina Great plan but word leaks out before it could be put into effect

Nat Turner 1831 Led followers to Richmond Virginia to gain weapons Kills nearly 60 people Captured after 6 weeks on the run Executed for actions

Lives of Free African Americans Some states In the north began to out law slavery Thought of Free African Americans worried slave owners The American Colonization Society is established Goal was to encourage free blacks to return to Africa Around 1,000 went back; most were not trusting of this idea Many Free African Americans worked to establish schools and churches Some tried to work to change the lives of slaves

Abolition Movement Early 1800’s growing number of Americans are speaking out about slavery Wanted slavery abolished (ended) William Lloyd Garrison- printer-Boston-leading abolitionists The Liberator-anti-slavery newspaper printed by Garrison Emancipation- freeing of in-slaved people Fredrick Douglas- former slave- eloquent abolitionist

Southerners Cling to Slavery believed slavery necessary for southern agricultural economy Argued it benefited the north to because their economy depend on shipping cotton and the textile’s industry use of cotton Said slavery was a superior labor force to low wage workers of North and problems with workers Claimed Christianity supported slavery and slaves couldn’t survive with out slaveholders

Northerners Resist Abolition Many Northerners did not support the abolition movement Workers feared black workers would take their jobs Wealthily industrialists resented the idea of black entrepreneurs They worried that the cut to the cotton industry would effect their textile mills Southern politicians wanted a gag rule to avoid the controversial topic of slavery Gag Rule- law which prohibited the debate or discussion of slavery in congress.