Great Awakening
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African Methodist Episcopal church was founded in 1816 by Richard Allen who broke away from the christian church in a protest of slavery and segregation
First independent black institution in the U.S.
Varied by region
Girls were often educated from home
Children were excluded from school based on gender
Slave uprising from 1791-1804 in the French colony Saint-Dominique
First large scale slave revolt to be successful
Inspired by the Declaration of the rights of man
Independence of Haiti was proclaimed in 1804 and the slaves were freed
Revolution admonished slave holders and sent impact through the western colonial world.
Organization that encouraged free black people to move to Africa in the 1800s
Founded by the presbyterian minister Robert Finley
Established a colony in Africa in 1822
Believed slavery was a sin and they had a moral obligation to end it
Supported compensation of slave owners for their loss of property
Raised money to purchase slaves and grant freedom to some individuals
Believed slavery was bad for America's reputation and should be ended immediately.
Opposed compensating slave owners
Campaigned for office
Sent petitions to congress and the states
Flooded the south with anti-slavery literature
Established the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832
Believed in the necessity of immediate abolition rather than gradual
Began The Liberator and anti-slavery newspaper that he wrote for until slavery was abolished.
He believed in non violence
Those with opposing views would often attack him for supporting the abolitionist movement
He found Frederick Douglass and they became close colleagues
Born into slavery in Maryland 1818 escaped in 1838
Attended abolitionist meetings
Attended an anti-slavery convention and became speaker for the Anti-Slavery Society and close Colleagues with William Lloyd Garrison
His work led him to public speaking and writing eventually leading him to publish his own newspaper The North Star
He wrote 3 autobiographies many of which are still read to this day
He was born free with an enslaved father and a free mother
He was associated with prominent black activists
He became involved with the first African American run newspaper
He became Boston's leading spokesman against slavery
He made a pamphlet called the Appeal in Four Articles targeted towards slaves in the south
He went to sailing ports to try to get it to the slaves there
He ran a used clothing store and relocated to the ports
Laws passed in the U.S. in the 1800s to protect escaped slaves and freed black people
These laws were a response to the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850
To prevent the kidnapping of free black people
To protect freedmen and escaped slaves
To make the legal system fairer for all
Slaveholders who believed they had the right to maintain slavery
southerners
Jury Trials
Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act
Southern slavery was more humane than "wage slavery"
Once a wage worker's shift was done