Abolitionism Flashcards
What did William Lloyd Garrison do?
- Abolitionist
- wrote “The Liberator” 1831
- Burned copy of the Constitution
Main abolitionists:
- Theodore Dwight Weld
- David Walker
- Sojourner Truth
- Frederick Douglas
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Transcendentalists such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who was Frederick Douglas?
- Frederick Douglas was a black man who ran away, bought his slavery, and spoke against slavery
- He wrote his own autobiography and his own newspaper The North Star
- He also turned to politics to end slavery not violence.
What influence did the Second Great Awakening have on abolitionism?
- Influenced many reforms, especially the abolitionist movement
- It inspired many abolitionists to fight for the cause.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nat Turners
Virginian slave who started a revolt and killed 55 white people.
What inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Theodore Dwight Weld’s “American Slavery As It Is”
What was it considered?
The start of the Civil War
What did Garrison call for?
- Called for immediate emancipation
- Called for free states to secede
What was founded in 1833 to oppose slavery?
the American Anti-slavery Society
What was the American Anti-Slavery Society for?
It was founded in 1833 to oppose slavery.
What did Sojourner Truth do?
advocated for black emancipation and women’s rights
What silenced the voice of white abolitionism and was a series of emancipation setbacks?
the nullification crisis of 1832
What was the nullification crisis of 1832?
It was a series of emancipation setbacks and it silenced the voices of white abolitionism
What was the Gag Resolution?
It required all antislavery materials to be tabled without debate in the House.
