1. Learning Goal: Create a diagram that shows the Create a diagram that shows the four major causes of the Civil War. four major causes of the Civil War. Include a brief summary of each Include a brief summary of each event. event.

2. Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement May 5, 2010

3.  “... such is the horrible idea that I entertain respecting a life of servitude, that if I conceived of there being no possibility of my rising above the condition of servant, I would gladly hail death as a welcome messenger.”  Maria Stewart

4. ... this nation is rotten at the heart, and... nothing but the most tremendous blows with the sledge- hammer of abolition truth, could ever have broken the false rest which we had taken up for ourselves on the very brink of ruin.  Angelina Grimke

5.  “Forced from home, and all its pleasures, Africa’s coast I left forlorn; To increase a stranger’s treasures, O’er the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold; But, though theirs they have enroll’d me, Minds are never to be sold.”  William Cowper

6. Objectives:  Understand how slavery was in the United States  Define Abolitionist  Be knowledgeable about key figures / events of the abolitionist movement.

7. Slavery Most slaves worked on plantationsMost slaves worked on plantations Property = no rights under the lawProperty = no rights under the law Lived in terrible conditionsLived in terrible conditions Often separated from familiesOften separated from families

8. Slavery  200 slave uprisings in the U.S. between 1776 and 1869  Uprisings were one way to rebel, the other was escape, most along the…

9. Underground Railroad  Informal network of people aiding escaped slaves  Offered shelter/hiding, food, and directions to the next friendly spot  Harriet Tubman Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Cupboard with a secret compartment

10. Routes Different escape routes of Slaves. Notice all of the red in Ohio!

11. Routes

12. Abolitionist Movement  Abolitionist - someone working to abolish (end) slavery  Mostly work of American women

13. 3 Events Define the Abolitionist Movement  1.) The Kansas-Nebraska Act  2.) The Raid on Harper’s Ferry  3.) The Dred Scott Decision

14. The Kansas-Nebraska Act In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed. Kansas and Nebraska were given “popular sovereignty” Thousands of abolitionists and anti-abolitionists rushed to the territories to argue whether they should become free or slave states (The right to let the people decide if they wanted slavery or not)

15. “Bleeding Kansas” The clash between abolitionists and anti-abolitionists (over the status of Kansas and Nebraska) led to brawls and murders This led to the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”

16. Kansas & Nebraska Act

18. John Brown was a radical abolitionist He believed slavery must be stopped at all costs, using violence if necessary Brown planned to raid the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry (VA), give the weapons to fugitive slaves, and lead a slave revolt that would put an end to slavery

19. Was John Brown successful? What do you see that shows John Brown’s abolitionist side? Is it okay to use violence to stop violence? Even though Brown failed, he inspired people to join the abolitionist cause

20. John Brown Video

21. The Dred Scott Decision Dred Scott (slave) sued his master for his freedom because they had traveled to areas where slavery was illegal (IL and WI) (How can I be a slave in a place that has outlawed slavery?) The Supreme Court ruled against Scott: This was a “slap in the face” to abolitionists working for slave rights - slaves were not (and could never be) citizens of the United States - because Dred Scott was a slave, he could not sue in federal court. This is a right that citizens have - not slaves!

22. Dred Scott Video