US History - Abolitionism & The Underground Railroad
EQ: Who were the leaders in the Abolitionist movement?
Do Now: What is abolition?
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Abolition Movement
While it seems that the United States was founded on the premise of slavery. The movement to abolish slavery, or abolition, has existed nearly as long. In the late 1700s, northern states became less dependent on slavery for labor, and the southern states became more so. As the division between the North and South depended around this issue, abolitionists became more radical.
Frederick Douglass & William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison founded The Liberator in Boston, Massachusetts, a newspaper dedicated to the abolition movement. He was soon joined by a self-educated runaway slave from Maryland named Frederick Douglass. Douglass toured the nation speaking out against the brutality and inhumane treatment of slaves in the United States. He eventually started his own publication, The North Star, and became a major benefactor of the Underground Railroad in upstate New York. This system provided a safe means for runaway slaves to travel North to Canada where they could not be recaptured.
John Brown
John Brown was a radical abolitionist that escalated the conflict between abolitionist and pro-slavery forces to a new level. He and his family moved to Kansas after Congress decided that the voting would decide if the Kansas or Nebraska Territories were to be free or slave through the Kansas-Nebraska Act. While there, they entered into armed conflict with pro-slavery forces.John Brown Brown and his sons became infamous for their brutal killing of five pro-slavery settlers in retribution for an earlier attack on pro-abolitionists. Brown then began to formulate plans to lead a massive armed slave uprising in the South.
John Brown's raid of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in modern-day West Virginia proved to be disastrous. Not only did slaves in the area not rise up against their owners, but two of Brown's sons were killed and Brown was caught and convicted of treason. He was tried in Virginia and was eventually hanged. However, his legacy lived on by causing the South to fear a vigilant North.
Activities
Lesson PowerPoint: Underground Railroad & Abolition Movement
Lesson Activity: Abolition Writing "To Be Free or not to be Free"