1. Unit 9: Sectionalism and the Abolitionist Movement Table of Contents Title/Description Page Number Bellwork1 Notes: “Sectionalism”3 Sectionalism Map4 Sectional Differences Handout5-6 Notes: “The Abolitionist Movement”7 Analyzing Images Handout8-9 “A Southerners Defense of Slavery” Handout10 Notes: “The Denmark Vesey Plot”11-13 Slave Codes Handout14 Population Imbalance Graph15 Study Guide16

2. Bellwork: Thursday 1/13/16 What differences between the north and south could lead to potential issues?

3. Sectionalism

4. Definition Sectionalism is loyalty to a particular region or section of a country instead of to the nation as a whole Draw this underneath the bullet you just copied

5. Sectionalism developed in the period after ratification of the Constitution as the economies, cultures and political interests of the north and south became more and more different

6. Sectionalism got its roots in the colonial period Key reason: Geography North=Colder, different soil, shorter growing season…economy based on industry South=Warmer, fertile soil, longer growing season…economy based on agriculture

7. As a result of differing economies, the north and south differed on the issue of slavery

8. Different regions=Different interests and concerns This led to the two-party system

9. Assignment Complete the Sectional Differences Handout

10. Bellwork Wednesday Friday 1/15/16 Draw an example that best represents sectionalism.

11. Abolitionist Movement

12. The Philosophy of Romanticism swept the nation. The belief that the goal of life is to improve the world and solve social problems.

13. Examples of Romanticism Mental Health Reform Prison Reform Reform of Indian Policies Alcohol Abuse (Temperance movement)

14. The biggest reform movement was the Abolitionist Movement

15. Abolitionist- people who want to abolish slavery in the U.S.

16. Examples of Abolitionists :

17. Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin

18. Popular best selling novel brought the horrors of slavery to all Americans.

19. Grimke Sisters Rare Southern Abolitionist

20. Fredrick Douglas Former slave Brilliant speaker Wrote a book called Narrative of The Life of Fredrick Douglas. Went on a speaking tour and told all about his book and horrors of slavery. published a newspaper called The North Star. (abolitionist paper)

21. William Lloyd Garrison Publishes a newspaper called The Liberator. An abolitionist newspaper.

22. The American Anti- Slavery Society A group formed to work to abolish slavery

23. The South Fights Back The more abolitionists attacked slavery, The more southerners tried to defend it.

24. Bellwork: Tuesday 1/19/16 Define the term, abolitionists and provide 2 examples of abolitionists.

25. Population Imbalance and Denmark Vesey Slave Rebellion

26. Constant Fear!!! By the late antebellum period, the white population was greatly outnumbered by the slave population.

27. Population Imbalance!

28. Constant Fear! Ever since the Stono Rebellion, the white population had lived in fear of a slave rebellion.

29. Denmark Vesey Denmark Vesey was a slave in Charleston. A talented carpenter. Often “rented” out by his owner to other slave owners who paid the owner. Occasionally, Denmark’s owner would give him a small portion of the rental fee.

30. We have a Winner! Denmark used some of the $$ his owner gave him to buy a lottery ticket for the Charleston Lottery. Denmark won the lottery….$1000.00!!!

31. Guess what he bought…. Himself!!!! Denmark used his winnings to purchase his freedom from his owner.

32. A successful freedman! Denmark became a successful carpenter in Charleston. He was able to purchase his wife’s freedom and a home.

33. But still unhappy! Denmark was free himself, but he saw that the rest of the slaves around him would probably never have freedom. He started plotting a rebellion.

34. The Plan! Denmark planned his rebellion carefully. A Sunday morning was chosen for the time to rebel. (Less people around and not unusual to see groups of slaves together on their way to church) Gathered weapons. Selected sites to start fires in the city to add to confusion and hid flammable material all around.

35. Enlisted Help! Denmark enlisted four “Lieutenants to help him recruit more slaves for the rebellion. He told them only one rule….NO HOUSE SERVANTS!!!

36. Lts. Don’t Listen! Some of Denmark’s Lts. Did not obey his rule and enlisted house servants to join the rebellion. Just as Denmark feared, the house servants alerted their owners to the planned rebellion.

37. Denmark Arrested! Denmark Vesey and all of his helpers were arrested and hanged.

38. Others “sold South”! Any other slave suspected of being involved with the rebellion were sold South.

39. How close to disaster did Charleston come??? The full details of the plot were never discovered….Denmark would not talk. But one thing was for sure….it scared the tinker bells out of the white population not only in Charleston, but also across South Carolina and the South!!!!!

40. White Population decides to take no more chances!! Immediately following the Vesey Rebellion, the Southern leaders began passing even more strict SLAVE CODES and being extra careful to strictly enforce the Slave Codes they already had.

41. Another Rebellion you need to know… In Virginia, there was a similar uprising called the “Nat Turner Rebellion” This further increased tensions across the South.

42. Bellwork: Wednesday 1/20/16 Why did the population imbalance in South Carolina lead to increased slave codes?