Having a natural resistance to disease
what is Immune
American abolitionist and orator.
what is Frederick Douglas
A Devotion to the interests of one's geographic region over the interests of a country as a whole
what is Sectionalism
Laws passed in the colonies to control slaves
what is Slave Codes
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies.
what is Middle Passage
An iconic 19th-century African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
what is Sojourner Truth
A political party formed in 1848 by anti-slavery Northerners who left the wig and Democratic parties because neither addressed the slavery issue
what is Free-Soil Party
Renowned American abolitionist, author, and social reformer.
what is Harriet B Stowe
A campaign to end slavery.
what is Abolition movement
A network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the north by providing transportation and hiding places.
what is Underground Railroad
To formally withdraw from the Union
what is Secede
An anti-slavery novel written by Herod Beecher stove that showed Northerners the violent reality of slavery Andrew many people to the abolitionists' cause.
what is Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A person who doesn't like slavery.
what is Abolitionist
American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy.
what is Harriet Tubman
Henry CLays Proposed Agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of Mexican session into two territories where the slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty.
what is Compromise of 1850
The largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies before the American Revolution.
what is Stono Rebellion
An organization started by William Llod Garrison whose members wanted immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans.
what is American Anti-Slavery Society
A proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexican session; passed in the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate.
what is Wilmot Proviso
A lot that made it a crime to help runaway slaves allowed for the arrest of Escape slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required to return their slaveholders.
what is Fugitive Slave Act
Trading networks in which goods and slaves moved among England, the American colonies, and Africa
what is Triangular Trade