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This document summarizes key aspects of slavery and abolitionist movements in the United States prior to the Civil War. It outlines that approximately 2.8 million slaves worked on plantations in the South growing cash crops like cotton and tobacco. Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass advocated ending slavery, with Douglass escaping slavery and becoming a prominent anti-slavery speaker. Nat Turner led a slave rebellion that killed 60 whites in Virginia. Meanwhile, slave owners defended the institution of slavery by outlawing education for slaves and using their political power to prevent southern states from ending slavery.

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Unit 1- Slavery and the Nation Divided
Essential Questions  What are the obstacles to altering an institution, such as slavery, that are fundamental to the region’s economy and its way of life?  In what ways did the United States attempt to compromise on the ethical issue of slavery?
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 I. Slavery in the South  About 2.8 million rural slaves  Worked mostly on plantations (cotton and tobacco, biggest cash crops and exports)  About 400,000 urban slaves
 II. Abolitionists- People that supported the abolition, or ending of slavery  A. William Lloyd Garrison- white abolitionist and editor that called for emancipation, the freeing of slaves with no payment to slaveholders
 B. Frederick Douglass- born into slavery in 1817, he was taught to read and write by the wife of his owner  He escaped slavery in 1838 and became a popular anti-slavery speaker  Published his newspaper called The North Star
 Nat Turner- Born into slavery, he was a gifted preacher that believed God had chosen him to end slavery  Nat Turner’s Rebellion- Turner and 80 followers attacked four plantations and killed 60 whites  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3E
 III. Slave Owners Defend slavery  A. Education to slaves was outlawed  B. Some southern states debated ending slavery, but rich slaveholders had the power to keep slavery in the antebellum (Pre-Civil War) South  C. Abolitionists tried to end slavery in Washington D.C., but a gag rule was put into place- limited debate on a topic
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  • 1. Unit 1- Slavery and the Nation Divided
  • 2. Essential Questions  What are the obstacles to altering an institution, such as slavery, that are fundamental to the region’s economy and its way of life?  In what ways did the United States attempt to compromise on the ethical issue of slavery?
  • 4.  I. Slavery in the South  About 2.8 million rural slaves  Worked mostly on plantations (cotton and tobacco, biggest cash crops and exports)  About 400,000 urban slaves
  • 5.  II. Abolitionists- People that supported the abolition, or ending of slavery  A. William Lloyd Garrison- white abolitionist and editor that called for emancipation, the freeing of slaves with no payment to slaveholders
  • 6.  B. Frederick Douglass- born into slavery in 1817, he was taught to read and write by the wife of his owner  He escaped slavery in 1838 and became a popular anti-slavery speaker  Published his newspaper called The North Star
  • 7.  Nat Turner- Born into slavery, he was a gifted preacher that believed God had chosen him to end slavery  Nat Turner’s Rebellion- Turner and 80 followers attacked four plantations and killed 60 whites  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3E
  • 8.  III. Slave Owners Defend slavery  A. Education to slaves was outlawed  B. Some southern states debated ending slavery, but rich slaveholders had the power to keep slavery in the antebellum (Pre-Civil War) South  C. Abolitionists tried to end slavery in Washington D.C., but a gag rule was put into place- limited debate on a topic