Homework: Read Ch. 3 Section 2 pg. 103-105

South• Many worked on

farms/plantations• Slave Jobs:

• Field hands• Planting• Tending • Picking , Processing,

and loading cotton• Constructing repairing

buildings and fences• Hauling water• Clearing Land

• By the mid-1800’s , 250,000 were freemen.• These freemen played an important role in

anti-slavery issues.Violent v. Non-Violent Approach

• There were several uprisings within the South about 200.

• Nat Turner Uprising• John Browns Uprising ( July 3rd, 1859)- Harpers

Ferry Raid- led 18 men to attack the armory in hopes of causing Virginia institution on slavery to collapse.

• Many slaves attempted to escape• Underground Railroad

Missouri Compromise (1820)-Missouri became a

slave stateMaine became a

free-slave state

Compromise of 1850- After of the War with

Mexico, the issue of whether the states should allow slavery or not became another hot issue within the United States.Texas would relinquish

the territory of Sante Fe and be given 10 million dollars.

In Washington, D.C., they would abolish slave trade but slavery would still exist.

Compromise of 1850-California would be admitted as a free-stateTo pacify those in favor of slave-states,

congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.Fugitive Slave Act- citizens were required to

recovery slaves. It denied fugitive slaves right to a jury trial.

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)-Popular Sovereignty-

people in territories were allowed to decide if they should allow slavery or not.

Kansas decided on slavery

Nebraska decided against slavery in the territory

Since the passage of Fugitive Slave Act, Abolitionists became very upset. Therefore, The Underground Railroad

became more successful due to the Fugitive Slave Act.

The Underground Railroad was a network of safe houses that send many runaway slaves safe to go to the North towards Canada.

1831- William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of the Liberator.

Liberate the individual spirit from “slavery” to alcohol, lust, or ignorance, thus phrasing moral legislation as liberation, not coercion.

1833- Garrison founded the American Anti-Slavery Society. Support found in:

Southern New England Western New York Northern Ohio

Postal Campaign- sent Anti-Slavery tracts into the South to try to encourage citizens to abolish Slavery

Results:President Andrew Jackson to permit southern

postal workers to censor the mail.Tied the question of slavery to the civil liberties

in the North and Political Power in the South.

Published in 1852Harriet Beecher Stowe-

daughter of Lyman BeecherStory is about the Breakup

of Families such as Tom who misses his family that was left behind as he was sold

Eliza and her son- fleeing by the Underground Railroad.

Disliked within the SouthShaped a whole generation’s

view of slavery.

Dred Scott Case- Read case summaries and on a blank sheet of paper answer the following questions:Why was Dred Scott petitioning for his

freedom?Based on your understanding from the Dred

Scott Court Case, what was the outcome of court case?