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African-Americans and The Abolitionist Movement
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Slave Family Parents not legally married Children did not work the fields until the age of 8 Families gathered to listen to folk songs and traditional African stories
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African American Religion Praise meetings – religious service praising God, usually done by singing Spiritual – scared song or hymn created by Southern African Americans
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Slave Rebellions Slaves would gather, march in the street, and refuse to do work Nat Turner’s Rebellion – Kill every white person they could see in Virginia “Slave codes” – Not allow slaves to meet in big groups and severe punishment for talk of rebellion
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Free Blacks 335,000 in 1830 Half lived in the South Register with authorities White guardians
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White Abolitionist Movements Believed in emancipation – freeing of slaves William Lloyd Garrison publisher of the Liberator Held protests
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Frederick Douglass Former slave turned abolitionist Publisher of the North Star – Spoke out against slavery Later helped raise African American regiments during the Civil War
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Underground Railroad Network of passages from slave states to free states/Canada for runaway slaves “Conductors” led people to safety Harriet Tubman “Black Moses” 19 journeys and led over 300 slaves to freedom
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Response to Abolition Growth of racism Blacks are inferior Blacks would take white jobs Gag Rule – banning the discussion of abolition in the House of Representatives Split between North and South
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