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Name the female author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a novel about slavery that is banned today.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What did owners do when slaves ran away?
They would take out ads in the newspaper describing the runaways and offer rewards for their return.
Who published a newspaper called "The Liberator" and fought for the rights of African American after the Civil War?
William Lloyd Garrison
This Underground Railroad 'conductor" helped many slaves escape to freedom. They called her "Moses".
Harriet Tubman
Which Amendment did Congress pass in 1865, and what was the result?
The Thirteenth Amendment which ended slavery in the USA forever.
In 1863, In the middle of the Civil War, what did President Lincoln issue? AND what was the result?
The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaes in all states fighting against the Union.
What did the southern states do after Lincoln was elected president of the US? WHY?
They left the Union, fearing the new Republican government would end slavery.
Who opposed slavery and was elected president in 1860?
Abrahan Lincoln
How did "The Slave's Friend" and "The Child's Anti-Slavery Book" help the anti-slavery cause?
These were stories, poems, pictures, and songs that appealed to children.
How did Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth contribute to the cause to end slavery?
They gave passionate speeches, organized anti-slavery fairs to sell baked goods and crafts to raise money.
People who disagreed with slavery were called
abolitionists
Explain the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
This law required people in northern states to return runaways to their southern owners.
What code name was used for the secret network of "conductors" and abolitionists who helped slaves hide and escape through "depots" and "stations"?
The Underground Railroad
Which brilliant slave hid inside a shipping crate and mailed himself to Philadelphia and freedom?
Henry "Box" Brown
Why was the slave system so profitable and productive for owners?
Because slaves were not paid for their labor.
Name the person who escaped slavery and wrote a famous book about his life as an American slave.
Frederick Douglass
Name two ways that blacks were able to become free.
saving money to purchase freedom, or running away to places where slavery was outlawed
The conditions for slaves were somewhat less difficult if they...?
worked inside the home, or had a special skill or trade
By 1860, slavery was a main cause of
Civil War in the US
In 1787, a clause was added to the US Constitution requiring what?
notherners to return runaway slaves to the South
What famous leader disagreed with slavery and vowed never to purchase another after the Revolution?
President George Washington
In what two main types of fields did slaves work?
cotton and tobacco
Which group of people argued that slaves were an "economic necessity"?
southern planters
Where in America were the first slaves brought? What year?
Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619


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