1. 1st movements: Mennonites 1688 Philadelphia 1775 – Anti-Slavery Debate
Abolitionist Movement
1st movements: Mennonites 1688
Philadelphia 1775 – Anti-Slavery Debate
1816  American Colonization Society created
(gradual, voluntary emancipation)
British Colonization Society symbol

2. Americans Speak-Out on ”Slavery”
LIBERIA (West Africa) founded with U.S. $$$ in 1821 by American Anti-Slavery Groups
William Lloyd Garrison “Liberator” July 4, 1829 speech ”American Revolution is not yet over”
calls for ABOLITION (END slavery)

3. William Lloyd Garrison (1801-1879)
Slavery & Free Masonry undermined “Republican Values.”
Immediate Emancipation with NO compensation.
Slavery was a moral issue, not an economic issue.
R2-4

4. Premiere issue  January 1, 1831
The Liberator
Premiere issue  January 1, 1831
R2-5

5. Propaganda Showing IMMORALITY of Slavery
( Tree of Slavery)

6. Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)
1845  The Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass
1847  “The North Star”
R2-12

7. Women within the Movement
opposition to women participating in politics
- Sojourner Truth
1850  The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
R2-10

8. Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) Helped over 300 slaves to freedom.
$40,000 bounty on her head (dead/alive)
Served as a Union spy during the Civil War.
“Moses”

9. Leading Escaping Slaves Along the Underground Railroad

10. The Underground Railroad

11. The Underground Railroad
“Conductor” ==== leader of the escape
“Passengers” ==== escaping slaves
“Tracks” ==== routes
“Trains” ==== farm wagons transporting the escaping slaves
“Depots” ==== safe houses to rest/sleep

12. 80 followers / killed 60 before captured
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner took his Bible seriously and often preached to the other slaves who called him ‘The Prophet’. As time went by Nat became more and more convinced that God had chosen him for “some great purpose”. In May 1828 while he was working in his master’s fields he had another powerful vision in which he believed God appeared to him and told him “…Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent…”. Not certain exactly what he was supposed to do, Nat waited for another sign from God.
The sign finally came on February 12, 1831 when Nat was working in the fields. Nat looked towards the sun and saw it being blocked out by the moon in a solar eclipse. Nat decided this was the sign he had been waiting for and he began recruiting fellow slaves and made preparations for his rebellion against the slave owners of Virginia.
80 followers / killed 60 before captured
Slave Codes tighten control in South
FEAR of spreading ideas leading to revolts
Illegal to teach slaves / the Bible
Spreads “dangerous ideas” (salvation/

13. CREATING AMERICAN CULTURE
Cultural
Nationalism
Literature / Art
Values / Virtues
Religious Reforms
Women’s Reforms
Slavery & Abolition
Economics & Immigration

18. The AMERICAN DREAM - Unfolds
YOU create it – invent it – do it – build it explore it – work for it
YOU reap the rewards of your creation
Encourages “INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE”
Free Market Capitalism - Laissez-Faire Economics
Free Enterprise

19. (Immigration Explosion)
Ireland (English control) potatoes (poor)
( Irish Potato Famine ) massive Irish immigration
(Discrimination - Irish, Germans) Competition for housing, jobs etc..
(Anti-Immigration Feelings GROW)
NATIVIST Movement (Native Born)
Fear Rising Immigration would:
TAKE AWAY JOBS
CHANGE SOCIETY (Temperance)
Know Nothing Society Party
Stricter Citizenship Laws
Local / State Regulations Increase concerning state/local government jobs