Abolitionist Movement Flashcards
what did the Declaration of Independence (not south) want to do but couldn’t
End slavery
What year do North states end slavery?
early 1800s
What did the cotton gin lead to?
increase in slavery and Cotton Kingdom (Deep South)
-institutionalizes slavery in the South
What are Quakers?
group of religous people who believed in equality
-led to antislavery movements
What is the Colonization Society?
Group of powerful white men who plan to send free African Americans to Liberia/west of Africa
How many African Americans were resettled? Did all want to leave?
-About 10,000 African Americans
-No, did not want to go because were born in US and were free
Who is William Lloyd Garrison and what did he do?
-Most significant white abolitionest
-wrote, edited and published an anti-slavery newspaper “The Liberator”
What does William Lloyd Garrison’s quote mean?
-in quote he states his position on how continuing slavery is wrong
Who were the Grimké Sisters and what did they do?
-daughters of wealthy slaverholder and women’s rights activists and abolitionists
-gave speeches against slavery
Who was Sojourner Truth and what did she do?
-an ex-slave abolitionist and women’s rights reformer
-was Isabella Baumfree
-gave speeches like “Ain’t I A Woman?”
Who was Frederick Douglass and what did he do?
-best known African American abolitionist and powerful speaker (gave speeches at abolitionist meetings)
-edited the antislavery newspaper North Star
Who was Harriet Tubman and what did she do?
-most famous conductor of Underground R.
-over 19 visits to the South, she freed 300 slaves
What is the significance of Tubman’s quote?
- Tubman has 2 choices; liberty or death. If Tubman did not have freedom she’d choose to die.
- Tubman will fight for freedom until she dies
