UNIT 4 Pt.4: Young America

Flashcards about Antebellum South

What is Liberia?

A colony in Africa where African Americans were encouraged to migrate; it ultimately failed due to a lack of interest in leaving their birthplace.

What did the Liberty Party do?

Advocated for abolition through political means.

Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

Published 'The Liberator' newspaper and advocated for the violent, immediate end to slavery.

Who was Frederick Douglass?

A former slave and black abolitionist who published the journal 'North Star'.

Who were Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth?

Two individuals were known for their active roles in helping slaves escape to freedom.

What was the effect of Nat Turner's rebellion?

Led to the deaths of hundreds of slaves and suppressed anti-slavery discussions in the South.

What made a quiet end to slavery difficult in the Antebellum South?

Economic factors like the exhaustion of coastal soil and the import ban. Also, the rapid growth of the cotton industry increased slavery.

What was life like for freed African Americans in the North (Antebellum period)?

Some had family and sometimes property, formed their own churches, but faced no social/political equality and restrictions on skilled jobs.

What was life like for freed African Americans in the South (Antebellum period)?

Some were emancipated through the US Revolution, their fathers, or self-purchase, could own property but were legally unequal to whites, and at risk of being kidnapped by slave traders.

Name some forms of slave resistance.

Intentional sabotage, laziness, and running away.

Name 3 failed slave revolts.

Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner.

What was the impact of slave revolts?

They demonstrated hope to slaves, highlighted the evils of slavery, and led to stricter slave codes.

What role did 'King Cotton' play in Southern society?

Agriculture of other crops existed, but it was the dominant economic force in the South.

Who were the planters in the antebellum South?

Owners with over 100 slaves and >1000 acres who were stupidly wealthy with all the economic and political power.

Who were the small farmers in the antebellum South?

Less than 20 slaves and 2-1000 acres (hundreds).

Who were the non-slave owning whites in the antebellum South?

75% of the white population who had no slaves, were subsistence farmers, had elementary school education, and still felt superior to Black people.

Who were the freed slaves/African Americans in the antebellum South?

About 6% of the Black population in the South who were Emancipated by American Revolution, their father, or self-purchase, could own property, but were inferior by law.

How did the slave population increase?

Natural growth and illegal smuggling.

How did slaves resist slavery?

Restraint, running away, and (rarely) revolting.

How did the South react to the Reform Movement?

They felt increasingly threatened by the North's growing anti-slavery sentiment.