1. The Anti-Slavery Movement in The United States
By: Abigail Gray & Victoria Kennedy

2. The Abolitionist Movement
Goal: wanted slavery to be abolished and wanted to end racial discrimination and segregation
Some people wanted immediate emancipation for slaves while others wanted gradual emancipation
Radical abolitionism was partly fueled by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening

3. The American Anti-Slavery Society
Founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1833
Promoted immediate abolition of slavery in the United States; sponsored meetings, adopted resolutions, petitioned, published journals, printed and distributed propaganda, and sent lecturers to carry anti-slavery messages
By 1840, it had 2,000 societies in the USA and membership ranging from 150, ,000 (many religious members and people of philanthropic backgrounds)
Ended in 1870

4. The Liberty Party
Created by abolitionists who believed in political action to further the anti-slavery movement
Henry Clay helped with this party
Hoped to stop westward expansion of slavery in the United States

5. The Underground Railroad
Secret network of routes and safe houses used by runaway African American slaves to reach the free states/Canada
Abolitionists/allies aided the runaways by providing them with food, shelter, and clothes on their journey
Over the years, the Underground Railroad successfully moved hundreds of slaves northwards (estimated 100,000 slaves between )

7. ‘Railroad’ Terms “Depots” or “Stations”- places to rest/eat
“Stationmasters”- in charge of running the stations
“Stockholders”- people who contributed money or goods to the runaways
“Conductors”- people responsible for moving fugitives from one station to the next; would often pose as slaves on plantations and lead the escapees out at night

8. Important People In The Underground Railroad
John Fairfield: son of slave holders who was a conductor on the railroad and made many daring rescues on the railroad
Levi Coffin: A Quaker who assisted more than 3,000 slaves to freedom; “Grand Central Station of The Underground Railroad”; “President of the Underground Railroad”
Harriet Tubman: escaped slave who made 19 trips to the South and escorted over 300 slaves to the North

9. Levi Coffin
John Fairfield
Harriet Tubman

10. David Walker Son of a slave and a free mother
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina around
Wrote his Appeal which encouraged slaves to rebel against their masters
3,000$ bounty on him dead and 10,000$ for him to be brought to the South alive

11. Henry Highland Garnet
Known for being a well-educated, skilled orator, & clergyman
Believed that abolition was up to the whites completely
Urged blacks to take ahold of their destinies and fight for their freedom
Founded the African Civilization Society

12. Fredrick Douglass Writer, journalist, and politician
Helped promote the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass (1845)- helped raise awareness of the dehumanizing effects of slavery in the South
“My Bondage and My Freedom” (1855)

13. Works Cited
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