Details the abolitionist movement

1. Unit 1- Slavery and the Nation Divided

2. Essential Questions
 What are the obstacles to altering an institution, such
as slavery, that are fundamental to the region’s
economy and its way of life?
 In what ways did the United States attempt to
compromise on the ethical issue of slavery?

4.  I. Slavery in the South
 About 2.8 million rural slaves
 Worked mostly on plantations (cotton and
tobacco, biggest cash crops and exports)
 About 400,000 urban slaves

5.  II. Abolitionists- People that supported the
abolition, or ending of slavery
 A. William Lloyd Garrison- white abolitionist
and editor that called for emancipation, the
freeing of slaves with no payment to
slaveholders

6.  B. Frederick Douglass- born into slavery in
1817, he was taught to read and write by the wife
of his owner
 He escaped slavery in 1838 and became a
popular anti-slavery speaker
 Published his newspaper called The North Star

7.  Nat Turner- Born into slavery, he was a gifted
preacher that believed God had chosen him to
end slavery
 Nat Turner’s Rebellion- Turner and 80
followers attacked four plantations and killed
60 whites
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3E

8.  III. Slave Owners Defend slavery
 A. Education to slaves was outlawed
 B. Some southern states debated ending slavery,
but rich slaveholders had the power to keep
slavery in the antebellum (Pre-Civil War)
South
 C. Abolitionists tried to end slavery in
Washington D.C., but a gag rule was put into
place- limited debate on a topic