Abolitionism
What's an abolitionist?
A person who fought to abolish slavery
When did the civil war break out?
1861
Was abolitionism legal or illegal in the South?
Illegal
What year was the fugitive slave law passed?
1850
Who's known for helping the enslaved escape through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What were early abolitionists like?
White & Religious
What amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude?
13th Amendment
What option was left up for individual states?
Slavery
When was the Dred Scott decision passed?
1857
What abolitionist supported the immediate freeing of all enslaved men and women?
William Garrison
When was slavery mainly abolished in Britain?
The 1830s
Which president opposed slavery but was cautious about fully supporting the more radical ideas of the abolitionists?
What caused increasing friction between states in the North and the slave-owning South?
The Abolitionist Movement
What rights were owners of enslaved people able to take?
The right to take their enslaved workers to Western territories
Who escaped by themselves at the age of 21?
Frederick Douglass
What religious movement inspired abolitionists to rise against slavery?
The Second Great Awakening?
When slavery ended, what did many prominent abolitionists turn their focus to?
What did President Andrew Jackson ban from delivering any publications that supported the movement?
The U.S. Postal Service
What's the Fugitive Slave Law?
Required all escaped enslaved people to be returned to their owners and American citizens to cooperate with the captures
How many trips did Harriet Tubman make through the Underground Railroad within 10 years?
19 trips
What society proposed the idea of freeing slaves and sending them back to Africa?
American Colonization Society
What stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be free."?
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Why was Amos Dresse publicly whipped in Nashville, Tennessee?
For possessing abolitionist literature while traveling through the city
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Black people—free or enslaved—didn’t have legal citizenship rights.
Who published The Liberator?
William Garrison