This document discusses the growth of the antislavery movement in the United States during the 1800s. It describes the lives of enslaved people and the leaders and activities of abolitionists who opposed slavery, such as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. While some abolitionists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, the movement faced significant resistance from those who argued slavery was important to the Southern economy. The growing abolition movement highlighted divisions between the Northern and Southern states on the issue of slavery.

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• Describe the lives of enslaved people.
• Identify the leaders and activities of the
abolitionist movement.
• Explain why many Americans opposed the
abolition of slavery.
Objectives

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Terms and People
• Nat Turner – leader of the best-known slave
revolt against owners in the first half of the 1800s
• underground railroad – a secret organized
network of people who hid runaway slaves as they
headed North
• Harriet Tubman – a courageous “conductor” of
the underground railroad who led hundreds of
slaves to freedom
• abolitionists – people who spoke out to end
slavery

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Terms and People (continued)
• William Lloyd Garrison – the most influential
abolitionist who published a newspaper called The
Liberator
• Frederick Douglass – an escaped slave who
became an eloquent speaker at abolitionist meetings
• Angelina and Sarah Grimké – daughters of a
southern slaveholder who became vocal abolitionists

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• Henry David Thoreau – a writer and abolitionist
who went to jail for refusing to pay a tax he felt
supported slavery
• civil disobedience – the right of individuals to
refuse to obey laws that they feel are unjust
Terms and People (continued)

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1. As reformers tried to improve American life in
the mid-1800s, some turned their attention to
exploited and enslaved African Americans.
The efforts of these reformers led to increasing
division between the North and the South.
What methods did Americans use to
oppose slavery?

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Slavery ended completely in the North
during the 1800s.
2. It remained an institution in the South.
• Two million Africans and African Americans were
held as slaves in the South.
• They worked at backbreaking tasks and could be
beaten at any time. Families were separated.
• Some enslaved people gave up hope; others
found comfort in family and religion.

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There was some
resistance from
slaves against their
oppressors.
There were 200 slave
revolts during the first
half of the 1800s.
The most significant was
led by Nat Turner in
1831.

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• It was made up of a
loose network of
“conductors” that hid
runaway slaves.
• One of the best
known conductors
was Harriet
Tubman.
3. The underground
railroad developed to
help slaves escape to
freedom.

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This is a map
of the
underground
railroad routes
from slave
states to free.

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4. A growing number of Americans wanted to end
slavery. They were called abolitionists.
• William Lloyd Garrison published an
antislavery newspaper called The Liberator.
• Frederick Douglass, who was born into
slavery, escaped and spoke out eloquently
against it.
• Angelina and Sarah Grimké moved north
and became outspoken abolitionists.
• Henry David Thoreau refused to pay a tax he
believed supported slavery.

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Civil disobedience was defined by Thoreau as
the right of people to refuse to obey laws that
they find unjust.
Abolitionists
became
organized,
holding
meetings and
giving lectures
across the
country.
Many people
were against
abolishing
slavery.
Southerners
argued it
formed the
foundation of
their economy.

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• 5. The abolition movement
was small but vocal. It
faced resistance in the
North and the South.
• A Gag Rule passed by
Congress prohibited
debates on the subject.
• The issue still widened
differences between the
North and South.
The slavery issue divided America.

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