Chapter 16

The South and the Abolition / Slavery Controversy

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• _____________= __________________Cotton = Dominant Southern cropEclipsing _________________________South – produced more than half the entire

world’s supply of cottonSouth – VERY powerful (______________) “Cotton is KING”If Civil War breaks out…..

The Planter “Aristocracy”

Antebellum America = no __________ but an oligarchy (_____________) = _____________

Effect:*Widens the gap between the ______________________________– Southern elite authorAccused of starting the Civil War by ___________“____________________”

Early Abolition Movement– The ________________started with the

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– Note:

• Goal: Move African Americans to ___________ on the West Africa coast.

• It failed because a) _____________________________b) _____________________________

________________(1852)*Written by “_______________________” (abolitionist)• - stirred up STRONG reactions from the North and South• Underlying point of book: slavery is not just a

____________contest, but also a great ____________ struggle!

• Book attacked the South

“_____________________________________________” - ___________________________regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe on Civil War

Abolitionists

• ____________________*Published the

“___________” to the Colored Citizens of the World - literature passed around the South

– Spoke of “standing up and fighting for your freedom as a slave” (Don’t wait on emancipation….FIGHT for it) (D.W. = Don’t walk…RUN!)

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

• Considered the “__________________” slave rebellion• Followed “DAVID WALKER’S ideas”• __________________–a preacher born into slavery in

1800 in Virginia• Saw an eclipse in the sky (divine message) to free slaves• Attacked 4 plantations with 80 followers (killed 60 white

people)• Nat Turner – hid, found, tried, hangedMOST SIGNIFICANT WHITE REACTION: - tighten up on “_____________________” and security

Slavery and Abolition

****** ____________________****** (ABOLITIONIST)

• Blamed for ____________________and had a bounty forHis arrestGoal: an ______________ “emancipation / abolition” of slavery with no payment to the slaver owner!

– Started his own newspaper called ****___________________*** – spoke of ways to end slavery- *Published on __________________________Duration: 30 years

Famous Cry: __________________Also founded the “______________________________________”July 4, 1854 - publically burned a copy of the Declaration of Independence Problem: ____________________________________!

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- traveled throughout the country speaking of abolition- spoke of women’s rights at conventions- “Ain’t I a Woman”

- Very famous speech that granted applause from men

Frederick Douglass– An escaped slave (1838) that supported Garrison and The

Liberator– Famous Autobiography = ____________________________________________

– Famous Newspaper = ____________________________– Lecturer or Orator at the American Anti-Slavery Society

conventions.– Wrote his own newspaper:

******The North Star******

Underground Railroad

• Secret network of people that helpedescaped slaves intothe North!!! (CANADA)

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Slave Owners DEFEND Slavery(1) Slave Owners __________________(conversion and dedication to

a relationship with __________)(2) Myth of a ________________/ happy addition to the plantation

family / food /shelter…etc.(3) Abolitionists would SWAMP Congress with anti-slavery petitions

and Southern representatives countered by securing a “____________” – __________________________________– repealed years later

(4) ________________________________(5) _________________________________NORTHER REACTION TO SLAVERY(1) Still dependant on cotton industry – wants to quiet he abolitionist

movement(2) Slavery should not be abolished…but prevent the spread of it• Remember: Wilmot ProvisoBirth of the Free-Soil Party (Most Noted: Lincoln)

AssignmentRead p. 367-368 to analyze the reaction and

impact of the abolitionist movement in the North and the South

Format: T Chart (bullets) ABOLITION IMPACT

North:_______________________________________

South: