Abolition

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Abolition
and the road to the Civil War
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Starter Wednesday, September 24

• List everything you KNOW about Frederick
  Douglass.
• List everything you WANT TO KNOW about Frederick
  Douglass.

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Starter Friday, September 26

• Get a copy of the Atlas of African-American
  History off of the chair
• Read through The Life of Frederick Douglass on
  pages 74 75
• Write down any information that you can include
  on your stickman project, that you didnt have
  before.

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Starter Tuesday, September 23

• Read Free Blacks on page 249 of the red US
  History book in you desk. Answer the following
• How many free blacks lived in the South as of
  1850?
• What types of jobs did they have?

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Abolition Movement

• The movement to end slavery
• Called for the immediate emancipation (freeing)
  of slaves, without compensation to the slave owner

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Sojourner Truth

• An abolitionist who spoke out for womens
  rights

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William Lloyd Garrison

• A white abolitionist and editor of the abolition
  newspaper, The Liberator.

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The Liberator, the abolition newspaper by
William Lloyd Garrison
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Frederick Douglass

• Born into slavery, but was taught by his masters
  wife to read and write
• Escaped slavery
• Became a famous abolition speaker
• Started a newspaper called The North Star

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Frederick DouglassStickman/Stickwoman
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Shannon Brayboy

• I dream about being a
• famous cook because I love to
• Cook and I talk and explain
• my recipes while I cook
• I think about my chihuahua
• Diego when Im at work, wondering
• if hes sleeping or watching TV
• Head Dream/Think

1. I saw the Grand Canyon When I flew to Las
Vegas and It made me feel so small 2. I envision
that all the student in this class will make an
A this 9 weeks! Eyes Saw/Visions

• I feel stressed out because were
• starting a new semester Im moving
• 2. I desire another dog so Diego can
• have company during the day,
• a trip to the Bahamas so I can relax,
• and diamonds lots and lots of diamonds
• (cause I like to bling)!
• Heart Feelings/Desires

• I finished college at UNC UNCP
• and have been teaching for 6 years
• I love to sew and cook. Im
• just a happy home-maker!
• Hands Actions/Accomplishments

• San Diego, CA
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Feet Travels

• Remember
• Dont repeat
• Use your imagination!

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Shannon Brayboy

• I dream about being a cook
• I think about my dog
• Head Dream/Think

1. I saw the Grand Canyon 2. I see students
Eyes Saw/Visions

• Stressed
• 2. I want a dog
• Heart Feelings/Desires

• College
• Cook.
• Hands Actions/Accomplishments

• San Diego, CA
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Feet Travels

• Remember
• Dont repeat
• Use your imagination!

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Underground Railroad

• The Underground Railroad was a network to aid
  fugitives slaves to freedom from the South to the
  North
• The most famous conductor was Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin

• In 1852, abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe
  published the world-wide best seller, Uncle Toms
  Cabin
• The South criticized the book as an attack on the
  Southern way of life
• The North increased its protests against the
  Fugitive Slave Act

• When Lincoln met Stowe during the Civil War, he
  said, So this is the little lady who made the
  big war.

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Bleeding Kansas

• Abolitionist John Brown led the Pottawatomie
  Massacre in Kansas by kidnapping five proslavery
  men killing them
• This started Bleeding Kansas
• Over 200 people were killed

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri (slave
  state) who lived with his owner for four years in
  free territory
• When they returned to Missouri, his owner died
• Scott sued for his freedom, stating that since
  he lived in free territory, he should be free
• Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that
  slaves did not have the rights of citizens and
  could not even sue

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Raid on Harpers Ferry

• On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led
  a band of 21 men, black and white, to seize a
  federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA.
• His goal was to arm the men and start a general
  slave insurrection
• Plan failed and Brown was captured and hanged

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Lincoln Elected (1860)

• No Southern states voted for Lincoln
• South Carolina was the first state to secede
• The Southern states formed The Confederate States
  of America (Confederacy) in 1861
• Jefferson Davis was elected President of the
  Confederacy
• Question Do states have the right to secede from
  the Union?

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Fort Sumter Attacked (1861)

• The first shots of the Civil War were fired at
  Fort Sumter in South Carolina
• Confederates took over federal installations in
  their states

• Lincoln considers this an act of rebellion and
  treason