American Society Takes Shape

Spirituality Awakens

• Second Great Awakening = wide-spread Christian movement; Manifest Destiny is undercurrent – 1790s – 1840s– Primary forum = revival meetings w/impassioned

speeches & Bible study

• African-American Church = free A.A. formed churches in Nor. states; became political, cultural & social centers; provided schools & other services denied by whites

Southern Slavery

• Pre-18th cent – most slaves were male & arrived from Carib. or Africa; spoke several languages

• By 1830s - #s of male & females more =; majority born in U.S. & spoke only English

• Slave life = hard work & oppressed; suffered violence & degradation

• Most slaves worked as house servants, farm hands or in fields

Turner’s Rebellion – Aug. 1831

• Led by Virginia slave Nat Turner • 50+ slaves attacked 4 plantations & killed 60+

whites• Turner & many rebels captured & executed• Outcome 1 = Southerners frightened & outraged;

tightened restrictions on all A.A = prevent further uprisings

• Outcome 2 = Pro-slavery peeps began to use Bible to defend slavery “servants to obey their masters”

“Noble Savages”

AntiSlavery• Abolition = movement to free A.A. from

slavery

• William Lloyd Garrison = most radical white abolitionist from Massachusetts– Editor of antislavery paper – 1828– Est. own paper, The Liberator– Demanded immediate emancipation –

1831– Lynched by Boston mob - 1835

cont.

• Frederick Douglas = slave who escaped; became an eloquent & outspoken critic of slavery– Hoped abolition won w/o violence

– Began own antislavery newspaper – The North Star - 1847

White Women Bring Reform

• Efforts to improve society – Raised $, distributed

info. & collected sigs. for antislavery petitions to Congress

– Temperance movement = effort to prohibit drinking alcohol

• Dorothea Dix = fought to improve treatment for mentally disabled & reform harsh & inhumane prison system

cont.

• Suffrage Movement– As more women participated in

reform movements, the demand for suffrage ↑

– Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls convention in New York – 1848

• 300+ women attended & signed petition for right to vote

• Spoke out against slavery

SUMMARIZE YOUR NOTES

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