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Upper South- slave holding states in the upper parts of the south
Slavery was prominent but there werent as many slaves as in the lowerSouth
Less intensive in the upper South than many other states Grew corn, tobacco, wheat; Slavery was not too important in the upper south economically Shorter growing season in the upper south
Lower South-
Slavery was very dominant and was important economically and socially. More labor intensive crops because of the longer growing season. Crops grown were cotton, sugar, and rice. Slavery imported straight from Caribbean Lower South states immediately favored secession and were the first to
secede because of support of slavery.
Also there was no opposition political party, just the democrats
Secession
South Carolina secedes first after Lincoln wins the election of 1860(December 20, 1860)
MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, and TX seceded afterwards Secession happened because of slavery and white supremacy As a result VA, AR, TN, NC these upper southern states seceded After Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for states still in the union to produce
volunteers to put down Union
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Some states in the upper south didnt secede immediately because of thepolitical rivalry between various parties like the Whigs and the Know-
Nothings.
Some didnt secede at all.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Born in 1811 in Connecticut Daughter of Lyman Beecher an abolitionist Educated in Hartford Female Academy Taught in Hartford Female Academy and the Western Female Institute in
Cincinnati
In Cincinnati, she joined a literary club where she met her husband CalvinEllis Stowe and both got married.
Calvin was also antislavery and supported the underground railroad In 1849, her 18-month year old son died of cholera, which helped her
understand how it feels to be separated from a child.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the death of her child inspired her to writeUncle Toms Cabin
Influenced the abolitionist movement in the north. The book talked about the moral issue against slavery and breaking up
families of slaves
The book promoted anti-slavery throughout the US and the world.
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Frederick Douglass
Born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland A woman named Sophia Auld taught Douglass the alphabet Using what he learned, Douglass taught himself how to read and write Believed knowledge was the pathway from slavery to freedom After being discovered that he was literate, he was sent to a slave owner
named Edward Covey who whipped Douglass a lot.
Eventually was sent to Baltimore to work in the shipyards but his wageswent to his master instead of him
He fell in love with a free black woman named Anna Murray from Baltimorein 1837.
On September 3, 1838, Douglass escaped by boarding a train to Marylanddressed in a sailors uniform
Became a prominent black spokesman against slavery abolitionist travellingand spoke about slavery in different places
His famous 4th of July speech outlined the reason why blacks shouldntcelebrate the 4thbecause after independence the slaves werent free
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David Farragut
Despite being born in Tennessee, served in the Union Flag Officer in the US Navy for the Union First admiral in the US Navys history Started out as a cabin boy in the War of 1812 He commanded the Unions brownwater navy, which had gunships that
helped the union conquer the South
Most famous for the Union victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5,1864 (damn the torpedos full speed ahead)
Helped captured New Orleans with the rank Flag Officer and was promotedto rear admiral after the capture of New Orleans. and
Captured Memphis in June 1862 and many places within the confederateriver areas
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Alexander Stephens
Unionist from Georgia, didnt favor secession until Georgia seceded Was elected into the House of Representatives in 1843 Pro-slavery, supported states rights, backed the Whig partys nationalist
program, and favored the annexation of slavery
The most brilliant mind the South produced Newly elected Vice President of the Confederacy on March 21, 1861 One of his most famous speeches was his Cornerstone Speech
o It outlined the purpose of the confederacy and what it is abouto Talked about how declaration of independence was flawed and
fundamentally wrong about the equality of races.
o Talked about slavery and how it should be continuedo Argued that the civil war wasnt caused by slavery but by states rights
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Millard Filmore
Vice president to Taylor and became president in 1850 after Taylorsdeath
Whig Favored colonization and the sending of blacks back to Africa Favored the Henry Clays compromise of 1850 Significant (most famous) for signing the compromise of 1850 and
gets blamed for the fugitive slave act
The compromise divided the Whigs and resulted in many whigs in thenorth refusing to support the reelection of Filmore.
After whigs didnt re-nominate him in 1852 because he lost thenomination to Winfield Scott. He ran for president for the Know-
Nothing party.
Helped split the vote between Fremont, the first republicanpresidential candidate, and himself, which allowed Buchannan to win
The Fugitive Slave Act helped the north feel more angry at the publicopinion of slavery