Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
Chapter 15 Section 2:
Opposing Slavery
In this lesson, we will:
• explain how the antislavery
movement began and grew.
• Describe the Underground
Railroad.
• Identify why so many white
northerners and southerners
opposed abolition.
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
1) American
Colonization Society
2) abolitionist
3) The Liberator
4) Underground Railroad
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
Roots of the Antislavery
Movement
• religious beliefs led some
Americans to oppose slavery.
To many, all people were equal
in the eyes of God.
• by 1804, all states from PA
to New England had promised
to free slaves over time.
• in 1800, there were 50,000
slaves in the North; over
1,000,000 were in the South.
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
• One proposal was the
Colonization Movement,
which was presented by the
American Colonization
Society.
• Under this plan in 1822,
President Monroe helped the
society found the nation of
Liberia in Africa.
• some blacks favored
colonization, most did not.
Nearly all blacks in 1822 had
been born in the United
States and wanted to live in
their homeland.
• only a few thousand blacks
went to settle in Liberia.
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
Abolitionist Movement grows
• abolitionists wanted
to end slavery
completely in the
United States.
• there were many free
black abolitionists, such
as Samuel Cornish &
John Russwurm who set
up an abolitionist
newspaper called
Freedom's Journal.
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
• David Walker
encouraged
enslaved blacks to
free themselves by
any means
necessary. He wrote
a book entitled An
Appeal to the
Colored Citizens of
the World.
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
• The most famous black
abolitionist was Frederick
Douglass.
• as a child, he defied the slaves
codes & learned to read!
• he escaped in 1838 and went on
to talk about the sorrows of
slavery.
• He lectured extensively in
America & England.
• In 1847, he began publishing the
paper North Star.
The Struggle Over Slavery
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The North Star
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
• William Lloyd
Garrison was a
famous white
abolitionist.
• published The
Liberator antislavery
newspaper.
• also formed the
New England
Anti-Slavery
Society.
Attendance Sheet
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
Grimke Sisters: Angelina & Sarah Grimke
• daughters of a SC slave owner.
• grew up hating slavery
• gave lectures near Philadelphia supporting abolition.
• their support of antislavery movement also sparked a crusade for women's rights 10
Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
The Underground Railroad
• let's watch a film on this
incredible effort to free
enslaved blacks!!!
• follow along on the
worksheet provided to learn
about this noble endeavor to
bring freedom to those in
bondage
The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery
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Chapter 15 Section 2 Smart Lecture: Opposing Slavery
Opposition to Abolition
• by the mid 1800s,
slavery existed only in the
South. Abolitionists made
enemies in both the
North and South,
however.
Let's read
about this
opposition on
page 442.
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