Chapter 15: Lesson 2

1787 at the Constitutional Convention

1792 when George Washington was reelected president

1821 in an Ohio newspaper

1832 with the formation of the New England Anti-Slavery Society

A constitutional amendment banning slavery would be needed.

Each state could decide whether or not slavery was legal.

It was decided that at the turn of the century, slavery would be illegal.

Slavery would only be allowed in certain states in the South.

in poverty on farms

in poverty in the cities

moderately wealthily in cities

moderately wealthily on farms

Many African Americans did not trust the founders of the Society

Most African Americans did not want to go to Africa.

People could not clearly understand the principles of the

The Society was not able to obtain support from Congress.

antislavery movement

free education

prohibition

women's right to vote

writing about personal feelings

describing the westward movement

ending discrimination against women

ending slavery

John Russwurm

Frederick Douglass

Samuel Cornish

William Lloyd Garrison

founded the American Colonization Society

were leaders in the Quaker religion

spoke out against slavery

started an abolitionist newspaper

David Walker

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

Susan B. Anthony

Dorothea Dix

Harriet Tubman

Sarah Grimké

Sojourner Truth

conductor

leader

preacher

teacher

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

Sojourner Truth

William Lloyd Garrison

David Walker

Elijah Lovejoy

Harriet Beecher Stowe

William Lloyd Garrison