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1 Slavery in America in the 1800’s

2 Learning Targets Success Criteria
Understand the characteristics of American slavery that caused people to want to abolish it My NBE #4 is complete, accurate, and reflects 100% effort

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6 Slaves were merchandise to be displayed, inspected, bought, and sold…

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12 Slaves lived in terrible conditions…

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20 You were born into slavery…

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23 Slaves worked hard and received no money for their work…

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26 The “lucky” slaves…

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29 Abolitionist Reforms Most Responsible for changes:
Sojourner Truth (former slave) William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass (former slave) Improvements suggested and implemented: Made speeches to raise awareness of abuses Garrison used his newspaper (Liberator) to demand that slaves be freed immediately ***by force if necessary Douglass used his newspaper (North Star) to educate people about the evils of slavery

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