Slave revolts scare the SouthNat Turner’s Rebellion

Largest in the South - Virginia

Killed 55 whites

Militias and mobs form to take care of it

Possibly 100-200 blacks killed; many of which weren’t a part of the revolt

Slave Codes❖ Virginia, 1705 – "If any slave resists his master...correcting such a slave,

and shall happen to be killed in such correction...the master shall be free of all punishment...as if such accident never happened."

! South Carolina, 1712 - "Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no master, mistress, overseer, or other person whatsoever, that hath the care and charge of any negro or slave, shall give their negroes and other slaves leave...to go out of their plantations.... Every slave hereafter out of his master's plantation, without a ticket, or leave in writing, from his master...shall be whipped...."

! Louisiana, 1724 - "The slave who, having struck his master, his mistress, or the husband of his mistress, or their children, shall have produced a bruise, or the shedding of blood in the face, shall suffer capital punishment."

Alabama, 1833, section 31 - "Any person or persons who attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars."

Fugitive Slave Act❖No longer safe

once you cross the Ohio River into the North

❖Must return all run away slaves even if they are in a free state

Abolitionists❖Mov’t to free the

slaves

❖Made of whites, free blacks, and slaves

❖Uses media, speeches, and word of mouth

Frederick DouglassOwner broke the law by teaching him alphabet

Escapes slavery

Writes autobiography

Eloquent speaker

Levi CoffinQuaker

Grand Central Station

President of the Underground Railroad

Warehouse in Cincinnati

Estimates around 3,000 saved

Harriet TubmanSuffered from serious beatingsEscaped slaveryCame back for familyRisked life to save others19 trips, over 70 savedUnderground Railroad“Never lost a passenger”

TerminologyStationsConductorsPassengers, baggageHeaven, Promised Land“Friend of a Friend”“the wind blows from the South today”

Finding NorthNorth StarDrinking GourdMossMigrating Birds

Secret SongsI thought I heard them say,There were lions on the way.I don't expect to stayMuch longer here.

Run to Jesus — face the danger—I don’t expect to stayMuch longer here.

Wade in the Water, wade in the water children. Wade in the Water. God's gonna trouble the water.

Steal away, steal away!Steal away to Jesus!Steal away, steal away home!I ain't got long to stay here!

Signs