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First twenty years- 4,000 blacks sent to Liberia Most blacks did not want to return to Africa
Governor wanted a gradual reduction of slavery January 1832- Virginia state legislature debated and voted 73 to 58 to keep slavery They cut themselves off from outside information for fear of abolitionist propaganda
Abolitionist attacks against slavery in the North increased by the 1830s and 40s Abolitionism had great support from northern Christians
Preached love for all (including blacks) Began to preach hate (against slaveholding southerners, which blossomed into all southerners)
England minister who advocated temperance (anti-alcohol) and turned to the promotion of abolition of slavery by the 1830s 1839- wrote Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
Told
of the horrors of slavery in the South Sold 22,000 copies in the first four months and 100,000 in the first year
of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator Anti-Constitution because it allowed for slavery Angered even the northerners because of his seemingly anti-patriotism
Mobbed
editor in Missouri Against alcohol, the Catholic Church, and slavery Moved to Illinois where slavery was not permitted
But Border Ruffians from Missouri came and destroyed his presses over and over 1837- One night his warehouse was set on fire and as he fled the burning building was shot to death
Anti and proslavery forces were collecting their heroes and martyrs Slavery, as an issue, was heating up in Congress as well It was apparent that the country would be severely divided on this subject with no solution but war
Harriet Tubman
AKA-
Moses
she led her people out of slavery
Because
Operated
the Underground Railroad during the 1850s shortly after she escaped slavery herself Escape routes and a network of safe-houses were created to aid slaves in their attempt to leave the South
Frederick Douglass
Escaped
slavery in 1838 Subscribed to William Lloyd Garrisons newspaper and attended anti-slavery meetings where he was asked to speak Eventually became a regular on the abolition speaking circuit to garner anti-slavery support Created his own anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star
of Uncle Toms Cabin, 1852 Told the story of a slave and his treatment Widely circulated Abraham Lincoln upon meeting Stowe stated that he was meeting the little lady who started the war