Southern Grievances Flashcards
What did Anson Burlingame (Republican) say in 1856
‘place around them a cordon of free states’
The North ‘does not wish to interfere’
Lincoln quotes towards slavery?
‘path of extinction’
‘it will become all one thing or all the other’
Who was involved in Raid on Harpers Ferry?
- 5 blacks
- 13 whites
- He was expecting 4000 to become involved
Quote from John Brown just before he is executed?
‘now quite certain that the crimes of guilty land will never be purged away but with blood’
Who led US army against John Brown at Harpers Ferry?
Colonel Robert E.Lee
How does Walt Whitman describe John Brown?
‘meteor of the war’
Who died in the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
14 people
(10 of John Brown’s 21 men)
After banned importation of slaves in 1807, breeding programme success?
1830 - 2 million slaves
1860 - 4 million slaves
1835 Pro-slavery mob:
- Boston crushed a lecture by W. L. Garrison (founder of the Anti-slavery society)
- 1500 rioters pulled Garrison through street by rope and only mayors intervention prevented lynching
1837 - Pro-slavery armed mob
Besieged minister and abolitionist newspaper editor Lovejoy. He was buried in an unmarked grave to prevent deseration.
Who did John Brown forge abolitionist connections with?
- Fredrick Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
- The Secret Six
John Brown’s life aim
‘I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery’
Between 1825-37, how many slaves did Brown help escape from Pennsylvania to Canada?
2,500
George Templeton Strong views of John Brown?
‘grave results’ of his actions caused the Civil War
John Browns raid of Harper’s ferry could be viewed as a reaction to the grievances of the 1830s and 1840s?
Rothman notes that ‘the style of life in the new republic seemed wildly designed to produce mental illness.’
Lincoln’s reaction to Harper’s ferry?
‘Old John Brown has just been executed for treason against state. We cannot object, even though he agreed with us in thinking slavery wrong. That cannot excuse violence, bloodshed, and treason.’
Chicago Press and Tribune reaction to raid on Harpers Ferry?
‘it is easy to determine where responsibility really belongs. This act is but a part of the legitimate fruit of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.’
What was the aim of Harpers Ferry?
- Distribute weapons to enslaved people
- Slaves escape to Appalachian and Allegheny mountains.
- Create colonies and an underground railroad pathway
Result of Harper’s Ferry?
- Sniper shots mostly.
- John Brown + some men hung in 1859
What were some previous southern grievances?
- 1850 compromise
- Underground Railroad
- Ostend Manifesto
- Wilmot Proviso
- Missouri Compromise
- The Treaty of Fort Guadalupe
- The Tariff of Abominations 1828
John Brown’s Body lyrics
‘John Brown’s body lies moulding in the grave’
- ‘his soul lives on’
