Famous Abolitionists
This former slave became a famous speaker and writer, urging freedom for all enslaved people.
Who is Frederick Douglass
Some enslaved people secretly worked slower, broke tools, or pretended to be sick—this type of resistance.
What is Covert resistance
This approach to ending slavery allowed it to be done slowly over time, often freeing children first.
What is Gradual Emancipation
This approach calls for freeing all enslaved people at once.
What is immediate emancipation?
Many enslaved people were forced to work on these large farms that produced cash crops.
What are plantations
He was a fiery abolitionist who led raids and believed in using force to end slavery.
Who is John Brown
This famous slave rebellion in 1831 was led by a preacher and killed many in Virginia.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Under gradual emancipation, enslaved people might still have to serve their owners for this period.
What is a term of indentured servitude
A group of people who demanded the immediate end of slavery.
Who were abolitionists
Some enslaved people resisted by learning to do this, which was often forbidden.
What is read and write
She helped hundreds of enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
Many enslaved people ran away, often traveling north with the help of this secret network.
What is the Underground Railroad
Children born to enslaved mothers in some states were freed at a certain age under this system.
What is Gradual Emancipation
Many people in this region opposed immediate emancipation because their economy depended on slavery.
What is the South
In this place of the United States slavery was most common
What is the South or Southern States
This abolitionist praised John Brown for fighting against slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
Unlike covert resistance, overt rebellion was more likely to lead to this type of response from slaveholders.
What is harsh punishment or violence
This approach to ending slavery was supported by people who believed change should happen slowly to avoid economic disruption.
What is gradual emancipation
Immediate emancipation supporters believed slavery was this type of issue that could not wait.
What is a moral issue/ morel pressure.
Enslaved people were often forced to work on these large farms in the Southern United States.
What are plantations