White and black abolitionists Flashcards
Many white people wanted to
Keep the country together rather than grant mass emancipation
Abolitionists against this
Abolition amongst whites was popular
On the east coast
Places settled by New Englanders
Did not work in cities
White abolitionists tended to be
Young
Middle class
Had grown up in small towns
White abolitionists believed
“All men are created equal” extended to slaves
Slavery contradicted American individualism
White abolitionists challenged
Whipping
Lack of education
Sexual abuse of black women
Temperance and abolitionist movements
Overlap between the types of people who were in the groups (tended to be the same people)
Temperance movement promoted abstinence from alcoholic beverages
White abolitionist movement had
Strong religious beliefs
Influenced by evangelical movement
Evangelicals saw slavery as a sin - needed to stop the sin
Baptist church was
Separated over abolition issue
North vs south divide
Led to the church dividing into regional associations by the beginning of the war
Freed blacks
Were crucial to the abolitionist movement
Black abolitionists tended to be
Among the rank and file numbers
Some held leadership roles
Several were writers and speakers
Most of the subscribers to Garrison’s Liberator
Were black
Key black abolitionists
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman ran the
Underground railroad
Made at least 19 trips to the south to help slaves escape as she had done
Main argument was
Slavery was not the solution to the labour problem
