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Here are the teacher pack items for The Abolitionist Movement:
Overview In this experience, students learn about the origins of the abolitionist movement and the role of movement leaders, including Fredrick Douglass. Then, students study other abolitionists and report on their contribution to this important movement. Students will collaborate in small groups for scene 2 to scene 4. In scene 4, groups will research one of eight abolitionists. If you want to ensure that all eight people are covered, divide students into at least eight small groups. Objectives:
Jigsaw Puzzle Supporting the Emancipation of Slaves
Inspired by the Second Great Awakening and fueled by support in the North, the abolitionist movement started to take hold throughout the United States in the 1830s. This movement called for immediate freedom for all slaves and the end of slavery in America.
Objectives:
For Americans today, it is easy to understand the motives of the abolitionists and the abolitionist movement. But, what about those who were opposed to ending slavery? What were their arguments for maintaining this practice?
Why did people support the institution of slavery?
Discuss with students some of their responses. Explain to students that many people, primarily in the South, advocated for keeping their slaves for a number of different reasons. Many felt that the southern economy would collapse without the slave labor to help with the cotton crops. They also felt that the institution of slavery was their God-given right since the Bible mentions slaves. Also, white plantation owners and others felt that the white race was superior to the African-American race. They believed that if slaves were released, they would riot and cause an uprising. In the North, factory owners were concerned that ending slavery might end their supply of cotton for the textile mills.
