Chapter 12 An Age of Reform, 1820–1840. Warm Up 11.20.15 Please answer in your binder: How did slavery affect both whites and blacks in the South?

Chapter 12 An Age of Reform, 1820–1840

Warm Up 11.20.15 Please answer in your binder: How did slavery affect both whites and blacks in the South?

Abolitionism Debrief What was Abolitionism? What social, economic, and/ or political conditions were abolitionists responding to? How does a social change movement develop and change over time? Now let’s dig a bit deeper How id abolition different from other anti- slavery movements? What factors encouraged/ challenged slaves/ former slaves in participating in the movement? What was the role of black women in abolition?

The Crusade against Slavery Colonization The deportation of slaves to Africa, the Caribbean, or Central America Impractical; however, received support from many politicians The American Colonization Society (1816) Blacks and Colonization Liberia Most Black Americans opposed this idea The movement galvanized free blacks to claim their rights here at home.

The Crusade against Slavery Militant Abolitionism Slavery is a sin Rejected gradual emancipation Demanded immediate abolition Opposed racism in all its forms An Appeal to the Colured Citizens of the World (1829) David Walker The Emergence of Garrison The Liberator Boston (1831) Preeminent abolitionist journal

Warm Up 11.23.15 Pls. answer the following question in your binder: If you were alive the 1830s, what type of Abolitionist would you be? What types of things would you do to help end the institution of slavery?

The Crusade against Slavery Spreading the Abolitionist Message Took advantage of new print technology American Anti-Slavery Society 1833 1840 Slavery and Moral Suasion Despite the militant rhetoric, there was widespread rejection of violence Moral Suasion – convincing slaveholders to end their “sinful ways” and “shaming Northerners into action.” Abolitionists – some of the first people in American history to inspire social change through education and agitation!

The Crusade against Slavery Abolitionists and the Idea of Freedom OWNERSHIP of ONE’s SELF! Rejected the idea of “wage slavery” Compared to slavery, they had much choice. A New Vision of America Freedom is a universal entitlement Invented the concept of equality before the law, regardless of race Constantly presented abolition as the culmination of the Revolution’s values of liberty and equality!

Black and White Abolitionism Black Abolitionists Frederick Douglass Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) Abolitionism and Race

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Norton Lecture Slides Independent and Employee-Owned Give Me Liberty! AN AMERICAN HISTORY THIRD EDITION This concludes the Norton Lecture Slides Slide Set for Chapter 12 by Eric Foner

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