1. Abolition & women’s Rights
Written by: Period 5

2. Abolitionists call for ending slavery (lizards)
Abolition-movement to end slavery beginning in the late 1700’s. In 1807, Congress banned the import of slaves in the U.S. Free African American, David Walker, printed a pamphlet telling slaves to revolt that made its way to the South. John Quincy Adams ignored laws and successfully defended slaves that rebelled on a slave ship, the Amistad.

3. Eyewitnesses to Slavery (rabbits)
Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth were both slaves and abolitionist speakers.
In 1845, Douglass published an autobiography about his life as a slave.
He left the country for 2 years, then returned to buy his freedom and publish an anti-slavery newspaper.
Isabella Truth fled her owners to live with the Quakers who set her free in 1827.

4. The underground railroad (deer)
The Underground Railroad was a series of escape routes from the South to the North.
Slaves travelled at night on foot, train, wagons, & boats.
Henry ‘Box’ Brown, a slave, shipped himself to Philadelphia in a 2 ½ X 2 ft. box.
Stations were places that runaway slaves could hide during the day, including stables, attics, and cellars.
In NY, Frederick Douglass hid up to 11 slaves at a time.

5. Harriet tubman (javelinas)
Harriet Tubman, a famous conductor on the Underground railroad, was born into slavery.
At 13, she tried to save another slave from the overseer, and suffered a skull fracture.
In 1849 , she escaped to PA.
She made 19 journeys to free escaped slaves, all made it to freedom.
She also helped her parents to freedom.

6. Women reformers face barriers (squirrels)
In 1840, in London, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton attended the world anti- slavery convention to speak out against slavery, but were not allowed to speak.
Women were forced to sit behind a curtain at the convention. To show support, William Lloyd Garrison joined them.
Garrison would not take part in a convention that did not support women’s rights.
Mott & Stanton planned a convention for women’s rights.

7. The seneca falls convention (bobcat)
In 1848 they held the Seneca Falls Convention in N.Y.
Women made an alternate Declaration of Independence called the Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions.
This said that men and women are created equal.
Suffrage, the right for women to vote, was not passed.

8. Continued calls for women’s rights (snakes)
Mid 1800’s, 3 women lent powerful voices to the growing women’s movement.
In 1839, Mississippi passed a law that gave married women rights to their own property and wages.
In 1865, 29 states had similar laws.
1851, Sojourner Truth rose to speak at a convention or women’s rights in Ohio.

9. The Underground railroad, continued (tortoises)
The Underground Railroad is a network of people who hid escaping slaves.
Both blacks and whites helped slaves escape.
40,000 – 100,000 people may have used the Underground Railroad on their journey from slavery to freedom.