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2 Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860 What invention might caused this change?

3 Slaves Using the Cotton Gin

4 Antislavery I.Explain the conditions slaves faced Clothes distributed twice a year, shoes only in winter ½ of slave babies died before age 1 Women = threatened by sexual abuse II.Who were the reformers Angelina and Sarah Grimke Frederick Douglass (published The North Star) William Lloyd Garrison (published The Liberator)

5 Antislavery III. What did the reformers propose as a solution Abolition: end to slavery “Back to Africa” Movement: est. Liberia as a colony for free black Americans III. What tactics did anti-slavery reformers support? Nat Turner’s Rebellion: slaves in VA killed white families and recruited slaves as they walked Underground Railroad: network of safe escape routes to Canada Missouri Compromise: law that limited slavery to states below the 36’30 latitude line

6 Quilt Patterns as Secret Messages The Monkey Wrench pattern, on the left, alerted escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee; the Drunkard Path design, on the right, warned escapees not to follow a straight route.

7 Risks facing runaways

8 Missouri Compromise, 1820

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10 Describe the Victorian woman

11 “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ‘cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” Why does “that little man in black” think women are inferior to men? Sojourner Truth references two women that play significant roles in the Christian religion (Mary and Eve). How do these particular women give credibility to Sojourner Truth’s argument?

12 Women’s Rights I.Explain the problem women faced Expected to be pure, pious, domestic, and obedient 2 nd class citizens – cannot vote, control property/ children, initiate divorce, make wills, sign contracts Victims of domestic abuse II.Who were the reformers Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton III.What did the reformers propose as a solution Suffrage = enfranchisement for women (right to vote) Repeal all laws placing women in “inferior position”

13 The Lyceum Committeemen’s Dream


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