Narrator:Word of the abolitionists' efforts spread, even reaching the slave Frederick Douglass. He tries to recruit these black men to lead efforts to colonize black folk out of the United States. Kate Murray He was a fugitive. The meeting was held in Pennsylvania Hall, which had been constructed as a haven for free speech. Neither did he have a home, or a family. And if the salt and pepper were next to the person sitting next to you, you didn't ask them to pass it. Together with Shields Green, a fugitive he had befriended in Rochester, Douglass quietly made his way to a stone quarry at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. That is slavery. And let all the people say, "Amen. Shawn Jones After four decades and 1,803 issues, William Lloyd Garrison closed his abolitionist newspaper. As she was recovering, Angelina wrote to Theodore, saying she hadn't realized how much he disliked her. Narrator:Shields Green and the other captives had already been sentenced to hang. Antonio Perez Kemp Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 1800's including; religious reform, education reform, temperance movement, labor reform, women's rights movement, movement, prison reform, and art, music, and culture, 1800's PowerPoint" found in my store. State Farm Property at Powhatan Correctional Center, State Farm, VA "I will carry the war into Africa," Brown had told his son. George Reuther Instead, it triggered a wave of repression throughout the slave states. Major Bland III R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:Northerners become convinced that Southerners are hell-bent on moving slavery to every part of the country. How can Southerners look at that and say, "Oh these guys are good negotiating partners. We lived far from the slave quarters, and so I didn't know what went on there. One white friend read the document and advised Douglass to burn it. In the 50 years since the Revolution, every Northern state had outlawed slavery. The New Bedford Whaling Museum There, far from the violence and upheaval of abolition's front lines, they would take up their most influential work. It had been four years to the day since federal troops evacuated Sumter. L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Had to share the table with them, had to break bread with them, had to sleep in the same quarters with them. Nathan Shifflette He had created a movement, had led it through every adversity without wavering. You can't be serious. Special Collections, Lavery Library, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY There, everything cruel and revolting is carefully concealed from strangers. I want you for a special purpose. David Fortino Liberators. Dexter Wuest, Catering And so the original intention of the abolitionists was to tell the slaveholders to repent and that they would. He's probably worth $1,500-2,000. He was a stunning man. Julie Roy Jeffrey members of the growing band of reformers who worked to abolish, or end, slavery. Karla Brown Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:What Stowe sees there is a human thing. There is a true partnership that can go forward. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Corbis He says, "Without the presence of your people in this country we wouldn't even have this war." At the Music Hall, William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe attended a concert with some of the city's most distinguished figures. "While I will continue to write and speak against slavery," Douglass wrote, "I have become less hopeful of its peaceful abolition. A stone-throwing crowd had recently forced one of Garrison's allies to abandon a speech. You don't do it by playing on the outrage. Mother. John Stauffer, Historian:Suddenly abolitionists are looking prophetic. Natasha Mottola, Musicians He did make time to attend anti-slavery gatherings, and was an avid reader of the most prominent abolitionist newspaper of the day, William Lloyd Garrison'sThe Liberator. The evening of Brown's execution, 4,000 people crowded into Boston's Tremont Temple. The experience would change his life. ", Narrator:After the massacre, Brown and his followers hid out in the wilderness, resurfacing occasionally to battle pro-slavery forces. Julia Griffiths' editorial skills and business savvy keptThe North Starafloat. It is my deep, solemn, deliberate conviction that this is a cause worth dying for. We must follow in our Savior's footsteps. The war! My friend, I have been over this a thousand times. He mortgaged his house to pay his debts and looked about to give up when a friend arrived from Britain to help. R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:You have the Northern establishment, every newspaper, saying, "This guy's a hero. This worksheet helps students to consider and debate three different strategies available to abolitionists in the 1850s as they worked to end slavery. You have a gift, sir, you really do. Anna had sewn his sailor disguise, and sold her featherbed to give him the money he needed. And now, at last, John Brown was on his way to war, in Kansas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY Martha Newman Sumner would never fully recover. Loading Download and Save: AbolitionistStrategiesWorksheet.pdf Source | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning She walked all the way back a handful of times, but even so, they never let me know her enough to really love her. He called Douglass a liar, and vowed to track him down and send him to the cotton fields of the Deep South. Westover Plantation, Charles City, VA, Special Thanks As Douglass said, Lincoln's "paper Proclamation must now be made iron, lead, and fire." For Garrison and many other abolitionists, it seemed that the Slave Power might finally suffer a fatal blow. That narrative was published in 1845. & Paul Fouquet, C.S.A. Aaron Nee The first leaders of the campaign, which took place from about 1830 to 1870, mimicked some. Narrator:Frederick Douglass had heard the stories -- every slave had. He never forgives Douglass. Season 1 Episode 1Year: 2013 Subjects: Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History Grades: Not Grade Specific Types: Activities, Homework $2.00 Word Document File On the other, it's a reality. Narrator:Garrison's publication of the letter horrified Angelina's friends and even her sister Sarah. The greeting that they would give you is almost impossible for me to express. From Boston, he directed an energetic campaign of meetings, petitions, and publicity. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):I did. Jeffrey WilhelmEdward Covey In the face of personal risks beatings, imprisonment, even death abolitionists held fast to their cause, laying the civil rights groundwork for the future and raising weighty constitutional and moral questions that are with us still. Each Google Slide/PowerPoint is a stand-alone lesson, refined over many years to provide students with a wide spectrum of learning experiences. Mother, listen to me! He becomes far more radical and far more anti-institutional. Here we have proof positive that there is an utter disregard for the compromises that have been made to found this American republic, to try to keep this thing running. Narrator: For years, John Brown had been trying to divine God's purpose, to make sense of his afflictions. Narrator:Douglass hurriedly made his way north, his panic mounting as he realized that his fellow passengers were reading newspaper reports calling for his arrest. Pre-made digital activities. Abolitionists had driven another wedge into the fractures of the Union. Carol Berkin, Historian:Of course, since they're women, to speak in front of a mixed -- or as they called it, promiscuous -- audience of men and women was absolutely forbidden. Frederick Douglass, for one, had begun to question his own faith in a peaceful end to slavery and in American democracy itself. Angelina Grimk (Jeanine Serralles):I can't let it be! Chris Paz Anna Davis Saraceno. Nevertheless, Brown dominated the proceedings. Narrator:The decision hung like a pall over the abolitionist movement, casting Douglass, most of all, into a deep depression. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves, even in free states, fully legal. As he contemplated his future, Douglass could imagine himself traveling forever in the shadow of his white mentors, repeating his story to small gatherings of the curious and the converted. Leiv CleggTeenaged Frederick Douglass The final blow came when Garrison published ugly insinuations about an affair between Douglass and Julia Griffiths. Shelby Crouch Performed by Narrator:When Douglass questioned Garrison's doctrines at a meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society, he was branded an enemy. Each gave him their heartfelt support. A few months earlier, scores of abolitionists had descended on New York for a training session. William Herndon assured him that he and Lincoln were working to the same end. But I was young and this is very different. Garrison, Douglass, and their kindred spirits protested in vain as Northern and Southern whites conspired to keep the emancipated slaves in a condition almost indistinguishable from slavery. Some lost hope and returned to their masters. Jarrod Russell James Bradbury How can you stand in church every week Mrs. Grimk (Crystal Cupp):You must let it be! Harriet Beecher Stowe, who had warned of the evils of slavery inUncle Tom's Cabin, saw the war as divine retribution. When he arrived he found the country embroiled in a presidential campaign unlike any other. For Garrison, it was yet more proof that the Republic itself had been corrupted at birth, its original sin implanted in a founding document written largely by slaveholders. David W. Blight, Historian:John Brown had a very beguiling personality. Alisa Placas Frutman And if the slave should put every one of them to the sword tomorrow, who would say that they deserve anything less than death? Narrator:William Lloyd Garrison had been waging war against slavery for 25 years, but tonight, victory seemed inconceivable. It's at this point that Kansas becomes known as "Bleeding Kansas. When news of the upheaval reached Washington, President Franklin Pierce -- an ardent Southern sympathizer -- demonstrated the government's resolve. Franky Garrison (Jacob Washburn):That's what everyone's saying. Slavery marches right up into Massachusetts and now Northerners get to see the face of evil. Douglass would have none of it. These Video Response Worksheets and Keys are based on the PBS documentary series "American Experience - The Abolitionists. Bringing to life the intertwined stories of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimk, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history, amid white-hot religious passions that set souls on fire, and bitter debates over the meaning of the Constitution and the nature of race. Douglass! And Douglass had a secret. Quizzes with auto-grading, and real-time student data. The petitions, the campaigns, the rallies, the marches, the meetings and resolutions and fundraisers, the mobs, the beatings -- all of the sacrifices had been suddenly dealt away by a handful of men in Washington. But the Union had to win, or the Proclamation would mean nothing. Garrison is a white man in a white man's America. But at the beginning of July, Charley, Stowe's beloved little boy, was taken ill. Joan D. Hedrick, Historian:She called him her summer child. Catherine Middleton, Hair/Makeup Assistants She was reluctant to get involved, fearing that would bring disgrace to her mother back in Charleston. There are 21 questions in all. In that first year, the financial help of black Bostonians was absolutely critical. Maren Reese, Costume Assistants They started bombarding it this morning. We will deal the Slave Power such a blow, it shall never recover. Harriet Beecher Stowe (Kate Lyn Sheil, audio):My heart breaks at the cruelty and injustice our nation inflicts on the slave. Narrator:The following night, a crowd broke into the empty hall and set fire to the building. Mike Raybould But of that time, I can know nothing and you can know nothing. Abolitionists were baffled. William Lloyd Garrison felt that he was destined to do great things, but he had no idea how to get there. Yet, for Douglass, Garrison, and Stowe, for millions of slaves and millions of their white brethren, all of the suffering finally had a new meaning. This cannot be.". How're you gentleman doing this nice, warm Kentucky day? David McCole Albert Kaplan Collection In 1837, for example, a mob attacked and killed the antislavery editor Elijah P. Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois. Rather, she came to understand the pain of mothers she would never know. Frederick and Anna clawed their way out of desperate poverty, and built a life for their growing family. Donna Jerome Viola I was never so happy and confident as I am at the present time. few I show my Social Studies classes. Aljernon Tunsil, Written, Produced and Directed by Fragmentary reports of the uprising spread across the country. Within 24 hours, half of Brown's men were dead or dying. But Frederick Douglass, the man everyone had come to hear, didn't say much of anything at all. Narrator:While Southerners saw the expansion of slave territory as a guarantee that the institution would continue to thrive, Northerners viewed those plans as a conspiracy to build a true slave empire. The Collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County But when he gets to the stone quarry, Brown presents a very different plan. Image source: Art Resource, NY Agitators. Sir -- God has placed these mountains here for a reason. Add highlights, virtual manipulatives, and more. Artee Fabrics Whispered accounts of fugitives running from the slave catchers for nights on end, coming within sight of freedom, only to hear the hounds closing in. We'll tar the nigger-loving son of a bitch. Ryan Callahan Additional Casting Northerners were flooding Congress with anti-slavery petitions. Narrator:The crisis convinced Garrison that he needed to redouble his efforts. Mrs. Grimk (Crystal Cupp):Angelina, what are you talking about? Susan Millar There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour. In the spring of 1854, fugitive slave Anthony Burns sat in Boston's city jailas protests for hisrelease turned violent. Students will learn about, NO PREP FEBRUARY BUNDLE - 12 Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activities, mid-winter doldrums and always have something fun on hand to keep your kiddos busy and learning with this bundle of word search worksheets. Tomas Sturgis Trigo What the country just said, from the heart of the government, is that slavery is forever. Narrator:Garrison fled into a back alley, and hid away in a carpenter shop. Patrick Phelan Many wondered whether the Union itself could survive. Kenneth Peebles By killing of five pro-slavery men, John Brown hoped to strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):You've been at this for years. A key is included to check for accuracy and to provide to Special Education students for diffe, NO PREP HISTORY Crossword Worksheet Activity Bundle, Year-Long Curriculum American History Social Studies EXPERIENCING HISTORY, Experiencing History: Year-Long Curriculum, The Abolitionists - All 3 Episodes - Worksheets and Keys PDF & Digital Bundle, The Abolitionists American Experience - Viewing Guide Questions BUNDLE. This approach found a leader in William Lloyd Garrison, a young man from Massachusetts, who combined the heroism of a martyr with the crusading zeal of a demagogue. This resource contains 55 questions with a key pertaining to, 54 minute film on Amazon. George Bearer Time and again, unimaginable slaughter was eclipsed within months by something even worse. Tony Horwitz, Author:In the summer of 1855, Kansas has really become the front line in the conflict over slavery. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):Put on the whole armor of God Narrator:Douglass's new life was fraught with danger. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):I was born in Tuckahoe, in Talbot County, Maryland. John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):This is the sin, right here! It's not an abolitionist party. Diana Mankowski, Set Coordinators David Graham He moved not with the tide, but against it. Manisha Sinha, Historian:The Civil War moved Garrison farther and farther away from that abstract devotion to peace principles and pacifism that he had held through the years. The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Then, an explosion of violence halfway across the country suddenly propelled him to national prominence. Are you getting the free resources, updates, and special offers we send out every week in our teacher newsletter? Denyse EllingtonJohn Browns Wife Brown, in simple, direct, powerful language, basically put his accusers on trial. This is not the punishment of man. I stand before you as a repentant slaveholder. Lincoln basically says to them, "This is a single race country. Ready to print and go - educational puzzles make great worksheets to keep in your sub folder or have on hand for early finishers. The result was mayhem. Angelina Grimk (Jeanine Serralles, audio):Can't you just stand here side-by-side with us? The city's vibrant abolitionist community welcomed Douglass with open arms. Roger Novak John Charles Schneider, Special Effects Coordinators But Grimk had no intention of returning to the South. John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):I had hoped for more men, of course. In a show of strength, they collected 65,000 signatures, bound the documents together, and rolled them like barrels into the state house. Over the years, Brown had attracted a network of abolitionist supporters. Narrator:When Douglass heard that Garrison was going to address an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, he took a rare few days off and boarded a ferry for the island. Julie Roy Jeffrey, Historian:I think he recognized that this was a turning point. Patrick White, Special Effects Assistants Matt Nicholas Dick Spaulding In return for allowing California to join the Union as a free state, Southerners were granted the prospect of someday forming slave states in Utah and New Mexico. James Brewer Stewart, Historian:They had seen through their own religious culture the conversion of people from the condition of being a sinner to being sanctified. Students first consider the narrative as a historical record, examining episodes that describe the conditions Brown lived through as a slave. Douglass wrote about, world, and his work and influence helped directly in, - All 3 Episodes - Worksheets and Keys PDF & Digital Bundle, These Video Response Worksheets and Keys are based on, . We must convert the sinner. Douglas Sloan It would be a ceremony unlike any other. Garrison was making powerful enemies. It is Henry's business. ***This product is a PowerPoint for students to identify, significance causes, leader(s), and effects of. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):My dear Mr. Douglass -- join me. Stowe later wrote that there were circumstances of such great bitterness about the manner of his death that she didn't think she could ever be reconciled for it unless his death allowed her to do the some great good to others. Did the Lord give you these gifts so that you could spend your life working in the shipyards? The Amstel House, New Castle, DE It was the first time he could walk into any public establishment and not have someone kick him out. C. A. The two men -- one a former slave, the other an impoverished printer -- are among the greatest civil rights activists in American history. The Trustees of the Boston Public Library / Rare Books & Prints Third Assailant (Actor):Come on, let's take him down to the others. Narrator:Garrison and his fellow abolitionists had roused an enemy far more tenacious, entrenched, and violent than they had ever imagined. Getty Images There are 50 questions in all. Terms of Use: This document is for personal use only and may only be used by the original purchaser. David W. Blight, Historian:You've just had a huge blow to your belief that somehow you're going to end slavery in this country by appealing to the Christian soul of the country. This viewing guide provides guiding questions for students for ALL the Abolitionists: American Experience and an exit ticket to check for understanding. There is "a class of professed abolitionists in Cincinnati," she wrote, but they are "unfashionable" and are "regarded as a species of moral mono-maniacs.". Kathryn Stephens When I Can Read My Title Clear van de Water residence, Petersburg, VA James Brewer Stewart, Historian:And Garrison can sense that this is a way to really make the abolitionist cause incarnate. Michael Rizzo William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):Let Southern oppressors tremble, let their Northern apologists tremble -- let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. Jeremy Flora Animals & Historic Transportation Provided by Most important of all, for the first time in his life, Douglass was free. Doug Sloans Loveable Llamas, Historic Horses, and Etc. In the fall of 1838, Frederick Douglass leapt aboard a train in Baltimore, slipped through the gauntlet of slave catchers prowling the border between slave and free states, and finally boarded a ferry bound for New York City. Charles Hibbler Virginia FieldsMary Dutton Lois Brown, Historian:You see the South rising to say, "This is yet another assault on our way of life. Narrator:Garrison welcomed the notoriety. By refusing to disappear, to be silenced, to accommodate, they had forced millions of Americans to take a stand on slavery, one way or the other. Nina Kuhn "You will receive a PDF file which contains a Video Response Worksheet and Key and a TPT Digital Activity for students (worksheet only).Video Response Worksheets will turn your history lesson into a rich educational, questions are designed so that they occur at a regu, John Brown - Webquest with Key (Google Doc), John Brown - Webquest with Key (Google Doc)This 10 page teaching resource includes a webquest that covers, life of John Brown and his famous actions in relation to slavery in, United States. Jenny Kissoon She had a weapon that no other abolitionist could claim: a pedigree among the slaveholding aristocracy. He hides out at a friend's place in Philadelphia, and in fact he finds out from the telegraph operator in Philadelphia that the president of the United States on down has put out the equivalent of an all-points bulletin. California wanted to be admitted to the Union as a free state. By the winter of 1845, Frederick Douglass had been touring the anti-slavery circuit for four years. It was an immediate and an immense bestseller. Pro-slavery forces really have the upper hand. Bringing to life the intertwined stories of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimk, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history, amid white-hot religious passions that set souls on fire, and bitter debates over the meaning of the Constitution and the nature of race. I have known the mistress of a family borrow servants to wait on company, because their own slaves had been so cruelly flogged, that they could not walk without limping at every step, and their putrefied flesh emitted such an intolerable smell that they were not fit to be in the presence of company. Cheryl Stark We're gonna be able to sort this slavery problem out"? Jamieson Colgate Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):All with 22 men? John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):I know these mountains. These trouble me less than the wind. I cant recollect of ever seeing her by the light of day. Julie Roy Jeffrey, Historian:Garrison meets with a group of black abolitionists and he receives very positive support. As a final insult, abolitionists were cast as villains who had almost torn the nation apart. As soon as I heard it, I came here. There his horizons had widened. Theodore Weld had committed himself totally to the anti-slavery cause, and had even pledged not to marry until the slaves were free. Everett Grant Matthew Hanlon This viewing guide provides guiding questions for students for Part 3 of the Abolitionists: American Experience and an exit ticket to check for understanding. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Your boasted liberty is an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery. / Should earth against my soul engage James Brewer Stewart, Historian:Garrison went to Baltimore and there boarded with free blacks. puzzle comes in two versions: one with a helpful word bank (good for less, word bank for a more challenging worksheet. "I seem to have undergone a transformation," Douglass told his old mentor. Though Garrison gave a rousing speech, Angelina's head was turned by a striking young theologian who ran most of the sessions. The Ohio Historical Society Carol Berkin, Historian:She's exhausted from fighting, and yet, she really never lets go of doing what is morally right. In Charleston, 3,000 people destroyed anti-slavery materials, and then burned Garrison in effigy. International Print Museum/Mark Barbour But if we succeed, our glory as a nation will be complete, our peace will flow like a river, and our foundations will be the everlasting rocks. I was raised by my grandmother. What a moment this was to me! Douglass's location allows him to be very involved in the Underground Railroad. Corruption is general, constitutional restraints are as cobwebs. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history. "You will receive a zip file which contains a multi-episode bundle of all 3 Video Response Worksheets and Keys in PDF format and access to all 3 TpT Digital Activities for students (worksheets only). John Stauffer, Historian:The role that abolitionists played in the build up to the Civil War was absolutely crucial.
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