The document summarizes key aspects of the abolition movement in the United States, including the harsh living conditions faced by slaves, Nat Turner's rebellion, and prominent abolitionist leaders and their efforts. It describes the daily hardships of slaves, such as living in poor conditions without rights. It also outlines Turner's rebellion in 1831 and the increased restrictions placed on slaves and free blacks afterwards. Furthermore, it profiles influential abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Quincy Adams, and Harriet Tubman, and their roles in advocating for the end of slavery through newspapers, speeches, books, and aiding the Underground Railroad.

1. Abolition Movement
Ideas and Leaders

2. The daily life of slaves.
•
Living Conditions – large
families in one-room cabins;
unbalanced diets, no running
water or poor sanitation
•
Some slaves became artisans
•
Allowed to marry and have
children
•
Many subjected to Cruel
Punishments and denied basic
human rights
•
Could be sold and separated
from family at anytime.

3. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• August 1831 in Southampton
County, Virginia
• Nat Turner, a black religious
leader led 70-75 slaves on attack
• They killed 60 whites, including
men, women, and children
• Spread fear among slave owners
– States passed stricter laws
controlling activities of free and
enslaved blacks

4. ABOLITION
when a law or a system is officially ended
• Principles behind Abolition Movement
o Political – “All men are created equal”
o Religious – equal in the eyes of God
• Abolitionists wanted the immediate,
emancipation of all slaves.
• Involved men and women

5. Who Were the
Abolitionists?

6. Frederick Douglas
• Escaped from slavery at age 20
• Wrote 3 autobiographies
• Published anti-slavery
newspaper, The North Star
• Toured the North giving
speeches and appearing at
public anti-slavery events.
• Supported Women’s Rights
Movement
Frederick Douglass

7. William Lloyd Garrison
• From Boston
• Published The Liberator,
1831
• Organized New England
Anti-Slavery Society, 1832
• Went to Europe to gain
support for abolition
• Saw slavery as morally
wrong

8. Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Born into a religious family
of Abolitionists
• Wrote the book, Uncle
Tom’s Cabin in 1853 after
meeting runaway slaves
and hearing their
experiences
• Book was a best seller that
made many Americans
aware of the evils of
slavery

9. John Quincy Adams
• In 1836, Congress passes the
GAG RULE – preventing any
bills restricting or ending
slavery
• Q. Adams fought against the
gag rule calling it
unconstitutional.
• The gag rule was finally
suspended in 1844

10. Harriet Tubman
• Most famous “Conductor” of the
Underground Railroad
• After escaping herself, she made
19 separate trips back to the
South and helped about 300
slaves escape to freedom
– She was called “Mama Moses”
• She served as a spy for the
Union during the Civil War

11. Underground Railroad
• Secret network of abolitionists who worked together
to help runaway slaves reach freedom in the North
or in Canada
• Runaways would travel 10-20 miles before they
reached the next “station” which would be houses,
barns, or cellars of white or free black people who
chose to help them escape.
• They would be helped along the routes by people
like Harriet Tubman, called “conductors”