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Henry Highland Garnet's "Call to Rebellion"
Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American slave that became an abolitionist after his family escaped to New York. Garnet became a leading and controversial figure in the abolitionist movement of the 1800's. In 1843 he gave a controversial speech at the National Negro Convention that preached his radical views towards abolitionism. Garnet preached that instead of persuading whites to abolish slavery, slaves should rise up against their owners and free themselves. -
Frederick Douglass and the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
Frederick Douglass was an influential abolitionist slave with a talent for speaking and intelligent thinking. He had an antislavery newspaper called "The North Star" where he pubilshed his autobiography. The "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" was published in 1845 and depicted the cruelty of slavery. His autobiography persuaded many people to see that slavery was wrong. He looked for ways to politically end slavery and was backed by the Liberty Party and the Free-Soil Party. -
The Free-Soil Party
The Free-Soil Party was an anti-slavery party that consisted of Whigs from the Northern states, democrats, and supporters of the former Liberty Party of 1840. It was established to abolish slavery in newly acquired territories, like the Western territories, because of its threat to republican institution and yeoman farming. The party also pushed for internal government improvements and soon became a republican party. They held their first convention in August 1848. -
Seneca Falls Convention-1848
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Women and many men gathered to discuss the rights and discrimination of women in society. During the convention, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and adopted resolutions for women's rights. They demanded resolutons for women's suffrage and the termination of discrimination in education and employment. -
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist slave that worked on a plantation in Maryland. She escaped to the North in 1849 and created the Underground Railroad in hopes to help more slaves escape to freedom. More than 300 slaves recieved freedom after following her network of excape routes from the South to the North. Many former slaves and white abolitionists helped Tubman achieve some black freedom in the South. -
Sojourner Truth and "Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist slave who escaped to freedom in 1827. She was a black anolitoinist and feminist who became an important spokesperson for abolitionism and helped the connection between abolitionism and women's rights. Her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" given at the Ohio Women's Rights Covention, demanded equal human rights for all women as well as for all blacks. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that gave Northern readers an insight into the cruelty and horror of slavery. The Southerners disliked the book becuase they argued that Stowe's view on slavery was an exaggeration. The novel quickly became popular throughout the nation after it was published in 1852. The book increased awareness and support for the abolitionist movements. Uncle Tom's cabin was a contributor to the start of the Civil War. -
The Know-Nothing Party
The Know-Nothing Party was a secret organization also known as the American Party that was strongly against followers of the Catholic Church and immigrants. Composed of the middle and working-class, the Know-Nothings feared competition with immigrants for jobs. The Know-Nothing Party become popular in the North due to the quantity of immigrants arriving. They became a strong political force in the early 1850s with hopes to extend naturalization and undercut immigrant voting rights. -
The Dred Scott v. Stanford Case
The Dred Scott v. Stanford Supreme Court case began in 1857 when slave; Dred Scott, sued for his family and his own freedom after they had been taken to live in slavery-free territories. The court voted that Scott was to return to his master and denied his freedom. The court also decided that no black person could claim citizenship rights, slave or free. They also declared that Congress no longer held the power to prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. -
The Election of 1860- Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 1860 Republican residential canidate that pushed to stop slavery and implement high protective tariffs. Without a vote from the Southern states due to views on slavery, Lincoln was still favored by Northerners and won the Election of 1860. The South felt like their political voice was no longer present and seceded from the Union before Lincoln was inaugurated. The political tensions between the North and the South became an immediate cause of the civil war.
