slavery
This term, used during the antebellum period, referred to the "peculiar institution" of slavery in the Southern United States.
What is "The Peculiar Institution"?
This 1831 pamphlet, written by an enslaved African American, argued for the violent overthrow of slavery. It was attributed to the famous preacher Nat Turner.
What is The Confessions of Nat Turner?
This battle, fought in 1863, was a major turning point in the Civil War and helped shift the focus to the abolition of slavery.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This agricultural crop, primarily produced by enslaved labor in the South, was often referred to as "King" due to its economic importance.
What is cotton?
The North Star was an abolitionist newspaper founded by this former slave who became a powerful speaker for the cause of emancipation.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Southern state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860, largely over the issue of slavery.
What is South Carolina?
This white abolitionist and journalist founded the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, and called for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved people.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This 1793 law, passed by the U.S. Congress, required citizens to assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
In 1833, this country became the first to abolish slavery in the British Empire.
What is the United Kingdom?
This former slave, who escaped to freedom and later became a prominent abolitionist, wrote the best-selling autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade brought millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas, with the majority being sent to this region, which includes Brazil and the Caribbean.
What is South America and the Caribbean?
This historical event, occurring in 1619, marked the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what would become the United States.
What is the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia?
This violent 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia was led by an enslaved preacher named Nat Turner
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This landmark Supreme Court case, decided in 1857, ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be U.S. citizens.
What is the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which dramatized the harsh realities of slavery, was credited with fueling anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This amendment, passed in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This President issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate states free.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This famous abolitionist and former slave became an influential speaker and writer, publishing his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This was the primary crop grown by enslaved African Americans in the South, especially in states like South Carolina and Georgia.
What is rice?
This woman, known as "Moses," helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?