Objective: To examine the mid-19th century abolitionist movement.

Abolitionists – people who wanted to end slavery in the U.S.

Mr. Wenban 7th Social StudiesBinghamton East Middle

Abolitionist Movement

• What was the social problem?

• What were they fighting for?

• How did they go about their movement?

• What type of change did they cause?

Frederick Douglass

· Douglass taught himself how to read as a child before escaping slavery.

· He lectured against slavery throughout the U.S. and Great Britain.

· Douglass also started the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star.

· They gave lectures throughout the U.S. on the evils of slavery.

Angelina and Sarah Grimké

· The Grimké sisters were daughters of a wealthy Southern slaveholder.

Underground Railroad – secret network of people who helped runaway slaves to reach freedom in the North or Canada

· Harriet Tubman lead over 300 slaves to freedom.

Harriet Tubman Quotations:

“I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.”

“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”

“Quakers almost as good as colored.... They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.”

· Garrison also started the New England Anti-Slavery Society.

William Lloyd Garrison

· Garrison was a white abolitionist who started the anti-slavery newspaper the Liberator.

In the very first issue of his anti-slavery newspaper, the

Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison stated, "I do not wish to

think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in

earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will

not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD."

“Save Us John Parker” dramatizes a family’s escape and rescue from slavery by John Parker, documented in his biography, His Promised Land. (video – 7:54)

The John Parker House in Ripley, Ohio.

Underground Railroad Heritage

Trail Sites in New York

State

American History Public Policy Analyst

• As public policy analysts you will use the AHPPA to identify the social problem and complete the first worksheet. Second, gather the evidence the social problem and complete the second worksheet.