1. The Abolitionist Movement
African Americans and the Struggle for Freedom
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2. Antislavery Movement
Abolitionist – person who sought a gradual or immediate end to slavery
Only presence was in the North
South kept any anti-slave literature out
Most Americans (especially in the South) believed their prosperity rests with slavery
Cotton produced by slave labor in the South supplied the textile mills of the North

3. Slavery Causes Suffering
2 million African-Americans enslaved
Tobacco, cotton, loading freight, cooking meals
Over 200 slave rebellions
Nat Turner – at least 55 Virginians killed; Turner was hung for his actions
Fear of rebellions led to laws not allowing teaching slaves to read and write
Further caused the South to not compromise when it came to slavery
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4. William Lloyd Garrison
Publisher of The Liberator
Influential abolitionist
Almost killed for his beliefs
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5. Harriet Tubman Garrison called her the “Moses” of her people
$40,000 reward for her capture
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6. Frederick Douglass Escaped slave Learned to read and write
Great speaker
Leading abolitionist
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7. Abolitionists Call for Freedom
Underground Railroad – led slaves from the south to the north or Canada
100,000
1836 to 1844 the House adopted a gag rule on slavery
Any abolitionist petition was automatically tabled
Outrage on both sides grew and both sides began getting violent in protest
Only the Civil War will settle the issue

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