Chapter 11 Flashcards
David Walker
published “an appeal to the colored citizens of the world”.
free black man who was a self-educated author and warned a slave revolt if justice was not served.
Nat Turner
agreed with Walker but he was a slave and held a bloody rebellion of 60 men and killed 55 white people, they soon dispersed when whit militia got a hold of them.
William Lloyd Garrison and the Grimkle Sisters
william was the most determined abolitionist, worked with anti-slavery newspapers until he got arrested for libel. once he got out of jail he moved and started a new newspaper, eventually got married to the Grimkle Sisters and together fought against slavery.
Underground Railroad
a network of underground routes used by enslaved people to escape to the free states.
How the south fought abolitionism
started denying everything from abolitionists
Separate Spheres Idea
term meaning men and women have different gender type jobs like men should worry about politics while women should worry about home duties
Dorothea Dix
supported pubic institutions such as schools, she was abused as a child by her alcoholic father, but still took in consideration to make hospitals for the mentally ill instead of jailing them.
Influence of abolitionism on women’s rights
some women fought full freedom for their gender because even though they were putting out great ideas they were still being looked down upon from men
Seneca Falls and the Declaration of Sentiments
convention about the rights of women was help by elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott.
