The document provides an overview of antebellum slavery and abolitionists in the United States. It discusses Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831, the class structure of the antebellum South including the planter elite and distribution of slave ownership. It also outlines different justifications used in the South to defend slavery and how slaves were used in labor. Finally, it examines the rise of abolitionism through figures like William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society, as well as debates around the movement's role in causing the Civil War.
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The document provides an overview of antebellum slavery and abolitionists in the United States. It discusses Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831, the class structure of the antebellum South including the planter elite and distribution of slave ownership. It also outlines different justifications used in the South to defend slavery and how slaves were used in labor. Finally, it examines the rise of abolitionism through figures like William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society, as well as debates around the movement's role in causing the Civil War.
The document provides an overview of antebellum slavery and abolitionists in the United States. It discusses Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831, the class structure of the antebellum South including the planter elite and distribution of slave ownership. It also outlines different justifications used in the South to defend slavery and how slaves were used in labor. Finally, it examines the rise of abolitionism through figures like William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society, as well as debates around the movement's role in causing the Civil War.
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The document provides an overview of antebellum slavery and abolitionists in the United States. It discusses Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831, the class structure of the antebellum South including the planter elite and distribution of slave ownership. It also outlines different justifications used in the South to defend slavery and how slaves were used in labor. Finally, it examines the rise of abolitionism through figures like William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society, as well as debates around the movement's role in causing the Civil War.
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(16) Nat Turner’s Rebellion and (17) William Lloyd Garrison
Part I: The Antebellum South
A. A Failed Revolution a. Results of the American Revolution b. The Slave Trade B. Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831) a. The Rebellion b. The Aftermath C. Class in the Old South a. The Planter Elite b. The Yeomen Farmers c. Class Breakdown: i. 1/4th of the population owns slaves ii. Only 4% of the southern population is part of the planter elite. iii. 6% of African-Americans were free in the South. iv. The Cotton Belt: AL, MS, LA, TX, and lower SC. D. Southern Justifications of Slavery a. Phrenology
Part II: Slavery in the South
A. Slave Labor in the South a. Task System b. Gang System c. Small Farm Slaves d. Industrial Slaves B. Slave Families C. Slave Relgion
Part III: Abolitionism
A. Second Great Awakening B. American Colonization Society C. William Lloyd Garrison a. The Liberator b. American Anti-Slavery Society D. The Movement Fractures E. Outside New England F. Abolition and Class a. Upper b. Lower c. Middle G. African-American Participation H. Did Abolitionists Cause the Civil War?