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"President of the Undergound Railroad"
Levi Coffin was an American Quaker, abolitionistm and businessman. He was very invloved in the Underground Railroad, hence the nickname "President of the Underground Railroad." In 1826 Coffin established a very successful underground operation in the trans-Appalachian west when he moved to Newport (Fountain City), Indiana.This system included safe house, secret rooms in these safe houses, and false-bottom wagans. With this system Coffin was able to help many African Americans escape slavery. -
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Slavery in the South
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Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner was a religios leader and a babtist preacher who, on August 21, rallied up other slaves after he was enslaved himself. As the leader, Nat took the gathered men through Southhampton County, Virginia. There these men killed around 60 other men, women, and children. This rebellion only lasted two days and Turner, along with his 16 conspirators, were captured and executed. -
Stricter Slave Laws
Perhaps as an effect of Nat Turner's rebellion, Virginia passed a law which restricted slaves meeting up for religion services at night. This ristriction was given to both African American and white preachers who held these services. Plus, in this same year African Americans in Pennsylvania and Mississippi lost the right to vote. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
This society was formed under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison in 1833. Members used both religious and "natural" grounds to push their idea that all individuals had the right to liberty. This society formed a constitution which layed out the organizations primary obejectives. Their goals were to convince Americans that slavery was inhumane and brutal. They pushed for the end of slavery. -
Anti-Slavery Society of American Women
New York City hosted the first Convention of the Anti-Slavery Society of American Women on May 9 of 1837. Both African American women and white women attended this meeting. They discussed their role in the American abolition movement. This convention nearly doubled the amount of antislavery petitions, plus it helped promote women rights. -
Prigg vs. Penn
In 1788 and 1836 moving African American out of state in order to enslave them was made illegal. However, in 1842 John Ashmore and his slave Margaret Morgan moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania. Ashmore basically granted Morgan freedom, but the heirs of Ashmore wanted her as a slave. So Edward Prigg was hired to retrieve her. Prigg went to court to try and enslave Morgan, however his case was very unsuccessful. -
Effects of Prigg vs. Penn.
Due to the Prigg vs. Penn, case, many states passed personal liberty laws. These laws protected esacped slaves and free African Americans who were located in the North. The few states who passed these types of laws included: New York, Vermont, and Ohio. Then in 1844, Connecticut passed simular liberty laws. -
Free-Soil Party
The Free-Soil Party was established by anti-slavery groups. This group opposed the idea of Western expansion because slavery would grow westward as well. The free-soil party agrued that free men on free soil compromised a morally and economically superior system compared to slavery. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave to John Emerson, but when Emerson moved to a free state Scott declared him self a free African American man. Many disagreed, especially Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. Taney argued that court found that no black could claim U.S. citizenshop making them unauthorized to petition the court for their freedom. The Dred Scott case revealed a major flaw in the US government. -
Black Codes
New Confederate governements wanted even more control over their slaves so they established laws called "black codes." This included denied rights of assembly, to produce food, to learn how to read, earn money, and even certain clothing. The Confederacy was hoping that if they tightened their control over slaves, then the slaves would have less oppurtunites to escape to the North.
