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.