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advocated the immediate emancipation of all slaves and gained a national reputation for being one of the most radical of American abolitionists.
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a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States.
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an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan.The antislavery issue entered the mainstream of American politics through the Free Soil Party and subsequently the Republican Party. The American Anti-Slavery Society was formally dissolved in 1870, after the Civil War.
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Sarah made the case for women’s equality with passionate conviction. In 1838 her words were radical indeed, and won the agreement of only a small minority.
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captured most of the attention of the delegates and called for their open rebellion. The speech failed by one vote of being endorsed by the convention.
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It was used to not only denounce slavery, but to fight for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups.
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to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel, at Seneca Falls
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Harriet Tubman travelled along the underground railroad and escaped to Philadelphia, this sparked her dedication to rescuing slaves.
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a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. Authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight
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changed forever how Americans viewed slavery, the system that treated people as property. It demanded that the United States deliver on the promise of freedom and equality, galvanized the abolition movement and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War
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The speech received wider publicity during the American Civil War
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establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories
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mandated “popular sovereignty”–allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders.
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overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state.
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addressed the Senate on the explosive issue of whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state
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affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, therebynegating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party.
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The convention was organized by Free-Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature
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brought critical importance to the sectional conflict over slavery and states’ rights also touched deeper questions that would continue to influence political discourse.
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leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery.
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served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
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