Judgment Day Producer Llewellyn. 1831 - William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first edition of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator in Boston. Invited audience members will follow you as you navigate and present; People invited to a presentation do not need a Prezi account; This link expires 10 minutes after.
Garrison Publishes the Liberator. William Lloyd Garrison was the product of a religious home. He was an apprentice at a Quaker anti- slavery newspaper, The Genesis of Universal Emancipation, which called for the gradual end of slavery. Garrison went on to found his own paper, called The Liberator.
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- William Garrison's Publishing of the Liberator truly began an anti slave movmenet in the US. William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of The Liberator.
Garrison wrote regarding slavery: "On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak or write with moderation. I am in earnest. I will not equivocate- I will not excuse and I will be heard." In 1. Garrison joined Lewis Tappan and Theodore Wel to establish a national organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery, called "The American Anti- Slavery Society." The society soon went on to unofficially sponsor the "underground railroad" of runaway slaves. Opposition to the actions of Garrison's organization was strong.
. the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison stated. William Lloyd Garrison was born in. At first glance the society seemed to promote the freedom and. George washington a national treasure. The Liberator (Boston), January 1. Garrison Publishes. First Edition of The Liberator. Home > A Life Of Purpose. Garrison publishes this example from South Carolina. One month before the first edition of the Liberator, December 10. This was the first historical writing about the war. William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first edition of the Liberator. Civil War Perspectives.doc.
In 1. 83. 7, abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy was murdered as he tried to protect his press from anti- abolitionists in Alton, Illinois. In 1. 85. 3, a Boston mob seized Garrison and paraded him around the streets with a noose around his neck. That same year, another mob burned down the organization's headquarters in Philadelphia.
The abolitionists themselves were often divided on the best means of achieving their ends. The split between radicals and moderates continued to deepen; and finally. American Anti- Slavery Society to an effective end.
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Adrian Lee Toward Civil War: Sectional Tensions in Antebellum America Missouri Compromise is approved March 3, 1. Aug 1. 82. 1 Henry Clay created a compromise hoping to satisfy pro- slavery and anoti- slavery supporters. The compromise was primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of 3. В°3. 0' line. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance between free and slave states.
This was the first time slavery came up as an issue regarding expansion. Thomas Jefferson, when writing his retirement in 1. Missouri Crisis would sooner or later shatter the Union. December 1. 82. 8 South Carolina Exposition and protest is written Written by Vice- president John C. Calhoun, in a response to the Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1.
The document promoted states' rights and clearly states that South Carolina had the right to secede and would secede from the Union if the tariff was not repealed. This document was one of the foundatoins for South Carolina seceding from the Union. January 1, 1. 83. Garrison publishes first edition of The Liberator To promote immediate emancipation of slaves, William Garrison created his own newspaper and called it The Liberator. The newspaper was widely supported by free blacks. Subscriptions were low in the beginning but later as its popularity grew, he used it to stir up the issue of slavery between the northerners and southerners.
The Liberator continued to influence people and advocate abolition of slavery for the next three decades. Oct 2, 1. 83. 5 ~ 1. Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution was an armed conflicts between Mexicans and Anglo- Texans in Texas that lasted for about six months. The conflict started because the Anglo- Texans did not want to follow the new Mexican government laws so the government prohibited further emigration of Anglo- Americans. The war began with the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1. Battle of San Jacinto when Sam Houston captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign Treaties of Velasco,which resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas. Afterward, they applied for statehood in the United States, which created conflict between North and South because it was difficult to determine if Texas should be a free or slave state until they obtained Oregon and created another balance between free and slave states because President Poe promised to admit Oregon as a free state.
Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass published several autobiographies, his first being Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1. It accounts his experiences in slavery and events in his life. The book was very influential in its support for the Abolitionist Movement by encouraging people to stand up against slavery and helped prove that blacks could produce articulate pieces of literature. His work was published all over the United States and in Europe.
Aug 8, 1. 84. 6 Wilmot Proviso is proposed Written by Congressman David Wilmot, the Wilmot Proviso was a proposal that attempted to abolish slavery in any territory from Mexico. It passed in the House of Representatives but failed in the Senate. This proposal inflamed sectional tension that further divided the North and the South over the issue of slavery.
Many Southerners believed that slavery should be legal everywhere while Northerners opposed the expansion of slavery. The proposal was brought up again following the Mexican War when the United States acquired California. Feb 2, 1. 84. 8 Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo is ratified Signed by Nicholas Trist, chief clerk of the State Department, at Guadalupe- Hidalgo and brought an official end the to Mexican- American War. The treaty gave the United States California, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada for $1. Rio Grande. Following the acquisition of the new territories, it once again brought up the issue of expansion of slavery.
Southerns fought to bring slavery into the new territories while northerners tried to prevent the expansion of slaves. Aug 6, 1. 85. 0 Compromise of 1. Though the compromise was originally drafted by Henry Clay, he was too sick to present it to Congressmen, so Stephen Douglas presented it.
Before doing so, he divided the compromise into four different provisions to increase the chance of the compromise as a whole being passed. The first provision admitted California as a free state, the second was that New Mexico and Utah have no restriction on slavery, followed by the banishment of slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the last provision strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act of 1. Southern slaveholders to retrieve escaped slaves. This compromise pleased both the North and South and helped avoid some conflict regarding slavery but did not solve it, only pushed it off. Uncle Tom's Cabin is published 1.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an anti- slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1. It was the best- selling novel of the 1. Bible. It gave a powerful and moving voice to the Abolition Movement, aroused anti- slavery sentiment in the North, and provoked angry rebuttals in the South by demonstrating the absurdity and contradictions of slavery. March 2. 0, 1. 85. Republican Party is formed The party emerged in 1. Kansas- Nebraska Act and to promote more vigorous modernization of the economy. The Republican party platform didn't not call for immediate abolition of slavery but worked to stop the expansion of slavery into the new territories.
The party had almost no presence in the South but it enlisted most former Whigs and Free Soil Democrats in North and soon emerged as the dominant force throughout the North. Abraham Lincoln was its first successful candidate in 1. May 2. 2, 1. 85. 4 Kansas- Nebraska Act passes The Kansas- Nebraska Act was made by Steven Douglas as a way to try to gain himself favor in the South and in the hoped that it would ease the relationship between the North and the South. The Act was passed by Congress on May 3. It created Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the 3.
В°3. 0' line established in the Missouri Compromise of 1. As the result, many southerners and northerners migrated into the new territories and as a result, many violent broke out in Kansas and Nebraska. May 3. 0, 1. 85. 4 Bleeding Kansas Also known as Kansas Border War, the Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent events between northerners and southerners in Kansas during 1. Northerner and southerners moved into the Kansas in an effort to influence the future of these territories after the passing of the Kansas- Nebraska Act, where popular sovereignty was applied.
The pro- slavery forces first murdered anti- slavery settlers. The anti- slavery settler then responded by carried out many attacks. The most notorious one was John Brown's 1. Pottawatomie Creek. The proxy war ended with Kansas admitting into the Union as a free state, three month before the first battle of the Civil War. May 2. 1, 1. 85. 6 Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner During the Bleeding Kansas, on May 1. Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner began a two- day speech, known as The Crime Against Kansas, in which he blasted three of his colleagues by name, one was which Andrew P Butler.
Preston Brooks, representative of South Carolina, thought Sumner went too far in criticizing his cousin Butler and decided to take matter into his own hand and defense in the honor of Butler. Two days after the speech, Brooks confronted Sumner and savagely beat him in the halls of Congress with a crane. As the result, Sumner's leg was pinned and could not return to Senate for three years.
Brooks became an instant hero in the South but the North loathed him. Replacement cranes were send to Brooks's house and this just angered the North even more. This conflict intensified sectional tensions between the North and the South, which were already at an all time high at the time. March 2. 0, 1. 85. Dred Scott v. Sanford In 1. Missouri slave named Dred Scott sued John Sanford, claiming that in his years of staying in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory had made him a free man.
However, the Supreme Court decision, written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that the people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants, were not protected by the Constitution and could never be U. S citizens. Since they can't become U. S citizens, they have no right and are not allow to sue in court.
This event received strong reactions from both North and South and added fuels to the ongoing feud between the two regions. June 1. 6, 1. 85. Lincoln delivers his "House Divided" speech. On June 1. 6, 1. 85. Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois upon winning the nomination for U. S Senate in the 1. Illinois Republican Party Convention.
The speech contained the quotation " A house divided against itself cannot stand" which were taken from Matthew 1. He warned that the nation could not survive half- free and half- slave and if the North and the South continued to hold such distinct opinions over every political issue, the Union would not be able to function as a coalition of cooperative states. This speech put more tensions on the expansion of slavery issue and enforced people to take a stand whether to support slavery or not. August 2. 1- Oct 1.
Lincoln- Douglas debates The Lincoln- Douglas debates was a serious of seven debates that occurred between August 2. Oct 1. 5 of 1. 85. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. The two argued over the issue of popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott case, and slavery.
Douglas argued that Lincoln was an abolitionist who just want to end slavery all together. Lincoln responded that while he wanted to end the expansion of slavery, he was not fighting for political of social equality for blacks.