The Abolitionist Movement Essential Questions: What different methods for ending slavery were debated during this time? Why was abolitionism not a popular movement in the North or in the South? Do Now: “Resistance to Slavery” in packet Homework: Period 2 and 3: Quiz Tuesday on Chapter 6 Period 9: Quiz Monday on Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Manifest Destiny pg. 181

Southern Anti-Slavery Movement American Colonization Society Organization designed to send African Americans back to Africa (Liberia) Many blacks did not want to go to Africa Southern abolitionists felt pressure to move north 1833 – South turned away from all reforms in fear it would lead to abolitionism

Abolitionism Abolitionists tried to tie movement to Christianity Focused on the most violent, horrific stories of slavery Hatred of slavery led to hatred of all Southerners Message spread through books and newspapers

Abolitionists Theodore Weld – wrote books describing horror stories of slavery Elijah Parrish Lovejoy – had newspaper criticizing slavery, was killed because of it William Lloyd Garrison – wrote The Liberator which criticized slavery

Response to Abolition In the North, citizens looked upon the abolitionist movement with views ranging from strong support to indifference to opposition. In the South, residents feared that their entire way of life was under attack and defended slavery as they believed it to be vital to their economy. Fearing war between the North and South and an influx of freed African Americans looking for work, mobs in Northern cities attacked abolitionists. Many Southerners thought newspapers like the Liberator helped spark the rebellion led by Nat Turner, an enslaved man that killed more than 50 Virginians.