Abolitionist
Fiery editor of the Liberator who worked for the end of slavery and many other causes
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
Political party that that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.
What is the Free Soil Party?
People who returned escaped slaves to their owners in the United States before slavery was abolished during the American Civil War.
What are the Slave Catchers?
Southern politician known for championing slavery and states' rights
Who is John C Calhoun?
A person who favors the elimination of a practice or institution, especially slavery
Who are the Abolitionist?
An escaped female African-American born into slavery who worked tirelessly against the institution of slavery as well as for women's rights
Who is Sojourner Truth?
a regulation or directive that prohibits public discussion of a particular matter
What is a gag rule?
A term first coined in 1839 that referred to the economic, social and political influence held by slaveholders in the South.
What is Slave Power?
Known as the Great Compromiser; guided the Missouri and Compromise of 1850 through Congress amongst others
Who is Henry Clay?
Those who fought to abolish slavery in the mid-19th century with a view of race relations motivated by the spirit of racial equality
Who are the New Abolitionist?
propagandist from Maine who authored the seminal anti-slavery book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request for admission of a slave state west of the Mississippi River
What is the Missouri Compromise?
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
American statesman who earned fame for his staunch support of the federal government and his skills as an orator.
Who is Daniel Webster?
Idea that the people themselves to choose whether or not slavery was allowed in their territory
What is Popular Sovereignty (1850)?
former slave from Virginia who spoke against the institution of slavery and was editor of the anti-slavery paper, The North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass?
a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress attempting to defused the political confrontation between slave and free states after the Mexican–American War
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Organizations that advocated the end of slavery
What are the Anti-Slavery Societies?
Escaped female slave who became a famous leading other slaves to freedom in the North on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial separation
What are Segregation Laws?
arguably the most radical of all anti-slavery documents, caused a great stir when it was published with its call for slaves to revolt against their masters
What is David Walker's Appeal?
a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States from 1854 to 1861 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery
What is Bleeding Kansas?
A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States used by African-American slaves to escape into the free states and Canada
What was the Underground Railroad?
A proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the U.S. at the conclusion of the Mexican War.
What is Wimot's Proviso?
When the states south of the Mason-Dixon Line left the Union and declared themselves the Confederate States of America
What is the Southern Secession?