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Person3 Details of Person’s View on Slavery Actions Person Took to Support Viewpoint

James K. Paulding  Three Beliefs…  Believed slavery should be in the South to preserve the Union  Believed that African Americans enjoyed a much better lifestyle than did workers in England and Africa  Believed that African Americans were inferior to whites

James K. Paulding  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Wrote a book Slavery in the United States

George Fitzhugh  Three Beliefs…  Believed the Northern and British working classes would have been better off under a system of slavery than in the “free society”  Believed conditions for workers in the North were worse than conditions for slaves  Believed slaves were inferior

George Fitzhugh  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Wrote the following pamphlets Slavery Justified and The Failure of Free Society  Wrote a book Sociology for the South

Hinton Helper  Three Beliefs…  Criticized slavery not because it was bad for African Americans but because it hurt whites  Believed that if African Americans stayed in the United States, they should have no rights and should be completely segregated from whites  Believed that whites who were not wealthy enough to buy slaves, could not succeed financially

Hinton Helper  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Wrote a book The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It  Wrote a letter Death to Slavery! Down with the Slaveholders! Away with the Negroes!

John C. Calhoun  Three Beliefs…  Believed the states, NOT Congress, had the right to determine whether slavery should be allowed in a particular state  Believed slavery is a domestic institution  Believed slavery is a “positive good” – it is impossible for whites and African Americans to exist together in the same community

John C. Calhoun  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Attempted to rally all Southern congressmen to go against any anti-slavery laws  When he died in 1850, his last words were said to be, “The South! The poor South!

The Grimke Sisters  Three Beliefs…  Believed slavery was morally wrong  Believed whatever is right for a man to do is morally right for a woman to do  Believed that southern women needed to stop slavery

The Grimke Sisters  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Moved to the North  Became active in the abolitionist movement  Wrote pamphlets in 1836  Freed slaves that their mother had given them  Became traveling lecturers of the American Anti-Slavery Society

Abraham Lincoln  Three Beliefs…  Strong belief in personal freedom  Against allowing slavery to expand into new western territories  Believed in preserving the Union

Abraham Lincoln  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Wanted to preserve the Union so he promised not to interfere with slavery in the South

Harriet Tubman  Three Beliefs…  She was against slavery  She escaped from slavery using the Underground Railroad  Wanted to help other slaves to freedom by becoming a conductor of the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Became a conductor of the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom

William Lloyd Garrison  Three Beliefs…  Demanded an immediate, no-compromise end to slavery  Believed everyone who tolerated slavery was to blame  Believed the Northern states should secede from the Union

William Lloyd Garrison  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Published the newspaper The Liberator  Helped to lead a successful movement to abolish slavery  Helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society

Frederick Douglass  Three Beliefs…  Opposed slavery  Believed slavery is wicked  Urged President Lincoln to allow former slaves to fight for the North

Frederick Douglass  Actions taken to support his viewpoint…  Leading abolitionist  Lectured on the evils of slavery  Gave his lecture fees to aid runaway slaves  Wrote his autobiography, which described slavery from a slave’s point of view  Published his own anti-slavery newspaper, the North Star