reforming spirit

Describe the daily life of salves.

•Hard Work•16 hr days•Sunup to Sundown•Cruel Punishments

Describe family life for slaves:

Provided feeling of pride

EXTENDED FAMILIES – roots from Africa (grandparents Grandchildren)

Who was NAT TURNER?

Slave preacher who led a revolt

of slaves

Describe NAT TURNER’S REBELLION.

Revolt of frustrated slaves that killed 60 whites

What was the result Turner’s Rebellion?

•Increased Southern fears of Revolt•Many innocent blacks killed•Turner & followers hanged

List some aspects of culture that helped African Americas endure the brutal

life of slavery.

•Handed Down Stories & Songs•Faith in God•Bible Stories

What were SPIRITUALS?

Religious Songs often used to pass hidden messages

between slaves

What were two reasons people opposed slavery?

Political – “All men are created equal”

Religious – equal in the eyes of God

Define ABOLITION

Ending something completely

Who was Fredrick Douglass?

An ex-slave who was an emotional and eloquent abolitionist speaker

Fredrick Douglass

Published a biography of his life to prove he was once a slave and was now a free man

How did William Lloyd Garrison help the

abolitionist cause:

Toured North Convincing other of

the wrongs of slavery

White Abolitionist who launched The Liberator (Anti-

Slavery Newspaper)

What was the Underground Railroad?

Secret network of

abolitionists who worked together to

help runaway slaves reach

freedom

Who was Harriet Tubman?

An escaped slave who

herself returned as a conductor

19 times to lead others to freedom.

Who were the leaders of the women’s rights

movement?

Grimke Sisters & Sojourner Truth – Black women who

struggled for women’s rights

What did the Seneca Falls Convention achieve?

Marked beginning of an organized women’s rights

movement