1. The Movement to End Slavery
In the mid 1800s, debate over slavery increased as abolitionists organized to challenge slavery in the United States

2. Key Terms and Key People
Key Terms Abolition American Anti-Slavery Society Underground Railroad
Key People William Lloyd Garrison Angelina and Sarah Grimke Frederick Douglass Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman

3. The many sides of Abolition
Though the movement to end slavery had been around since the 1700s, the 1830s saw the abolition movement become more organized
Religious Groups were the first to oppose slavery using the theory of God’s Equality and other Abolitionists tried to extend the Declaration of Independence to All people
Some Abolitionists thought that African Americans should have the same rights as white men while others wanted to limit their political and social equality
Some Americans wanted the freed slaves to be sent back to Africa to help colonize the continent like Liberia(a movement that quickly fell apart)

4. Start Spreading the News
Abolition Movement was spread through poetry, Newspapers, Literature, And pamphlets
William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society to push for emancipation
This Society relied on help from freed African Americans but were divided on TOTAL emancipation or GRADUAL emancipation
Angelina and Sarah Grimke, sisters from a slave owning family, moved north and Began to spread the abolition movement through books and Pamphlets

5. The Power of Speech
Former Slaves like Frederick Douglass became active in the movement to end slavery
Frederick Douglass, who taught himself to read and write, would spread his message through powerful speeches, a newspaper he published, and several autobiographies
Sojourner Truth also spread the message of abolition through powerful first had accounts of her life in slavery
Several other slaves would also spread the abolition movement through powerful speeches, writings, and even plays

6. Freedom Road
Some abolitionists (both African American and white) began to risk their life helping slaves escapes using the underground railroad
With no direction, leadership, or real structure the underground railroad helped 1000s of slaves escape to the north and Canada
Slaves would travel at night, often disguised, to make it to the north while hiding and sleeping at “stations” during the day during the day to keep safe
Harriet Tubman would become one of the most famous conductors of the railroad helping over 300 slaves find their freedom in the north

7. Not an easy path to freedom
Some Northerners opposed abolition fearing the loss of jobs or lower wages with a new workforce, while some northerners turned to violence to stop abolition
Congress passed a gag order to prevent anti-slavery petitions and ideas from being read in session because the south did not want to debate slavery and the north chose to ignore the issue
The south, especially after Nat Turner’s Rebellion, began to avoid anti-slavery talk all together
Racism, fear of economic destruction, and the loss of their slave lifestyle made southern emancipation almost impossible in the south

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