Abolitionist Flashcards
(30 cards)
- What was the Underground Railroad? What were the “conductors”, “passengers”, and “stations”?
A network of scape routes used by slaves to scape to the North.
Conductors: people who sled slaves north.
Passengers: we’re the slaves.
Stations: were the hiding places along the route.
Name 5 groups that made up most of the abolitionist movement.
Ministers Quakers Women Ex-slaves Free-blacks
Why was slavery dying out in the USA by the 1700’s?
Because it was not profitable
What allowed all states in the USA after the American Revolution to decide for themselves if they wanted to end slavery.
Webster comprise
What 2 things made William Lloyd Garrisons’ plan to set the slaves free so radical?
- Immediate and complete emancipation
2. Granting of citizenship for blacks
Three reasons why many northerners opposed to the abolitionist movement.
- Blacks took away jobs.
- The issue could destroy the union
- Racial Prejudice
What was the turning point in the American history of slavery?
Cotton gin was invented
Why did all the north states end slavery soon after the American Revolution?
Because it was against the principles that America was based upon.
After 1830, why did southerners go from calling slavery a “necessary evil” to a “positive good”?
Because slavery became more than profitable
Why did the abolitionist movement begin soon after the American Revolution?
Because it was against the moral principles found in the Declaration of Independence.
Explain the plan of the American Colonization Society to free the slaves: Give the reasons why it did not work:
It was meant to buy slaves from their owners and send them to Africa in a ship.
Did not work because:
Was too expensive
Most slaves did not want to go to Africa.
Benjamin Lundy
Started the first abolitionist newspaper
William Lloyd garrison
Edited an anti-slavery journal called “The Liberator”.
Frederick Douglass:
Former slave who became the most powerful speaker for the movement- edited the anti-slavery newspaper “The North Star”
Angelina Grimke
Her sister and herself were the first shouter ears to work in the movement
Harriet Tubman
Most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
Sojourner Truth
Former slave - abolitionist speaker (later became SDA)
David Walker
Called the Slaves to fight for freedom instead of wait for it.
Nat turner
Led the bloody uprising in Virginia
Elijah p. Lovejoy
First white abolitionist - martyr
John brown
Try to end slavery by lead in an armed revolt in the USA
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote My Uncle Tom’s cabin, anti-slavery book.
William wilberforce
Ended slavery in UK
Wendell Phillips
Known as the “Golden Trumpet” of the abolitionist movement
