Frederick Douglass

Escaped from slaveryWrote: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845)

Started his own abolitionist newspaper: The North Star

Leader in abolitionist movementA powerful and talented speaker

Who Was He?

Frederick talks about how his arguments

against slavery are based on the harm

it does to the humans being enslaved.

He brings up the fact that his views are

not shared by everyone who opposes

slavery.

In the text we will be looking at…

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[The Liberty Party] makes a clean sweep of

slavery everywhere. It denies that slaver is,

or can be legalized. It denies that the

Constitution of the United States is a pro-

slavery instrument, and asserts the power

and duty of the Federal Government to

abolish slavery in every State of the Union.

Strictly speaking, I say this is the only party

in the country which is an abolition party…

…the Liberty Party, by its position and

doctrines, and by its antecedents, is pledged

to continue the struggle while a bondman in

his chains remains to weep. Upon its

platform must the great battle of freedom be

fought out- if upon any short of the bloody

field. It must be under no partial cry of "no

union with slaveholders;" nor selfish cry of

"no more slavery extension;" but it must be,

"no slavery for man under the whole

heavens."

The slave as a man and a brother, must be the vital

and animating thought and impulse of any

movement, which is to effect the abolition of slavery

in this country. Our anti-slavery organizations must

be brought back to this doctrine, or they will be

scattered and left to wander, and to die in the

wilderness, like God's ancient people, till another

generation shall come up, more worthy to go up and

possess the land.

So… If not everyone saw things from Frederick Douglass’ point of view…

…why were they against slavery

Slavery was big-businessIt made rich whites richer, and poor whites poorerAll the good land would go to the rich slave owners

Slavery wasn’t good for industrial progressIndustrial workers could buy stuff made in their factory,

thus helping the company growSlaves didn’t get money, so they couldn’t buy stuff

Slavery pushed wages down for the working class With the ‘free’ labor source of slavery to compete with,

working class whites could only hope for very low wages Big-business slave plantations could sell their products

at lower prices than independent farmers could

Economic Reasons to Oppose Slavery

What was the big issue over new territories becoming slave

states or free states???

More slave states would mean the South would have more power in Congress.

More free states would mean the North would have more power in Congress

…to decide issues like…

North

Industrial

Federalists

Tariffs

South

Agrarian

Anti-Federalis

ts

No tariffsWhat is this?

North vs

South Law

Issues

Definition:A tariff is a tax on goods imported from other countries

This movie clip is about the Tariff of Abominations (1828) and the Nullification Crisis (1832), which contributed to tensions between the North and South

Effects of Tariffs Nort

hHELPED

NORTHERN ECONOMY

British imports

became too expensive

People bought goods made in

U.S.A.

SouthHURT

SOUTHERN ECONOMY

Southerners had to pay more for industrial

goods

Britain bought less cotton from South

What were Frederick Douglass’ arguments against

slavery?

What were some of the other arguments against

slavery? (big business) (working class whites)

What is a tariff?

Why were southerners upset about tariffs?

What did you learn about how slavery related to the

Civil War?

Think Back…Hmmm…

Pictures of Frederick Douglasshttp://gardenofpraise.com/ibdfdoug.htmhttp://www.robinlea.com/wordpress/2011/03/15

/power-concedes-nothing-without-a-demand-frederick-douglas/

Tariff diagramhttp://www.mrvanduyne.com/jackson/html/tariff

.htmTariff of Abominations video clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVur0cRs7A

(clip art from Microsoft Works)

References