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Chapter 16 terms

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe wrote the famous abolitionist book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book caused more problems between the North and South. Has been called the greatest American propaganda novel ever written. Its publication helped to bring about the Civil War.

William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)

A militant abolitionist, he became editor of the Boston publication, The Liberator, in 1831. While he was editor, The Liberator gained national fame and notoriety due to his use of inflammatory language. He attacked everything from slave holders to moderate abolitionists, and was in favor of northern secession.

Denmark Vesey

Vesey was a mulatto who bought his own freedom. He inspired a group of slaves to seize Charleston, South Carolina in 1822. One of them betrayed him and he and his thirty-seven followers were hanged before the revolt started.

Nat Turner's Insurrection

1831 - A slave uprising. A group of 60 slaves led by Nat Turner, who believed he was a divine instrument sent to free his people. The insurrection killed almost 60 whites in South Hampton, Virginia. This led to a massive manhunt in which 100 Blacks were killed. As a result, slave states strengthened measures against slaves and became more united in their support of fugitive slave laws.

Sojourner Truth

Name used by Isabelle Baumfree, one of the best-known abolitionists of her day. She was the first black woman to speak out against slavery.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)

Douglass was a self-taught slave. He escaped in 1838. Became the best-known abolitionist speaker. He edited an anti-slavery weekly, the North Star.

"King Cotton"

This expression was used by Southern authors and speakers before the Civil War to indicate the economic dominance of the Southern cotton industry, and that the North needed the South's cotton. In a speech to the Senate in 1858, James Hammond declared, "You daren't make war against cotton! ...Cotton is king!".

The Liberator

This was a militantly abolitionist weekly, edited by William Garrison from 1831 to 1865. Despite having a relatively small circulation, it achieved national notoriety due to Garrison's strong arguments.

American Anti-slavery Society

Formed in 1833, a major abolitionist movement in the North. Founded by Theodore Weld, Arthur Tappan and Lewis Tappan.

Election 1844: Liberty Party

The first abolitionist party - believed in ending slavery.

Abolitionism

This was the militant effort to do away with slavery. It had its roots in the North in the 1700s. It became a major issue in the 1830s and dominated politics after 1840. Congress became a battleground between pro and anti-slavery forces from the 1830's to the Civil War.

Elijah Lovejoy (1802-1837)

Was an abolitionist and editor. The press he used was attacked four times and Lovejoy was killed defending it. His death was an example of violence against abolitionists.

Theodore Weld (1802-1895)

Weld was a strong abolitionist. He advised the anti-slavery Whigs in Congress and his anonymous tract "American Slavery as It Is" (1839) was the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Martin Robinson Delany

May 6, 1812-Jan 24, 1885was an African American abolitionist and one of the first Americans to stand for African American nationalism. He was the first African American field officer in the US Army.

Theodore Dwight Weld

November 23, 1803-Feb. 3, 1895. One of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement during