Sound Effects/Dialogue Editor It became dangerous once again to speak out against slavery. Some lost hope and returned to their masters. Northerners and Southerners had come to believe that the nation's destiny would be determined there, as new territories were admitted to the Union as either slave or free states. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):What a horrible, horrible crime. John Stauffer, Historian:Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 virtually legitimates the kidnapping of free blacks. Meg Schrock, Electrics Grimk's pain and anger came through in her reply. Abolitionist Movement - Definition & Famous Abolitionists - History Josh Mumford Narrator:With every headline, every petition, every controversy, the abolitionists were dragging the fight over slavery to the center of national life. Pamela Peitzman Cheryl Stark Narrator:William Lloyd Garrison attended a performance of the play in New York, and marveled at the response of toughs in the front rows. Karla Brown Susan Millar It was one of the contentious differences between the North and South that led to the Civil War. Agitators. What is this? R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:What Stowe sees there is a human thing. Twenty-five? Franky Garrison (Jacob Washburn):That's what everyone's saying. Jamieson Colgate Jim A. Choate Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Historian:This thought makes him question, it makes him hopeful, it makes him angry, so that when there is a need for Douglass to be beaten back into submission, to erase the experiences of Baltimore, he's sent to Covey for this. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):I am willing to be persecuted, imprisoned, and bound for advocating African rights, and I should deserve to be a slave myself, if I shrunk from that duty or danger. Mr. Frederick Douglass. Henry! Narrator:Griffiths would eventually bow to the pressure, and move back to England. It was the first time he could walk into any public establishment and not have someone kick him out. Early abolition (article) | Khan Academy William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):Dear Lord. Garrison stood by the embattled sisters, but Weld did not. Slavery marches right up into Massachusetts and now Northerners get to see the face of evil. But John Brown's long and bloody struggle was just beginning. She sees these people, I mean they are human beings. On the morning of March 7th, 1857, the papers brought stunning news. The post-war years would be hard. W. Caleb McDaniel, Historian:When he started his abolitionist campaign as a printer, one could still hope in the early 1830s that maybe arranging types in a case, stringing words together into sentences, publishing articles against slavery, might persuade the nation to rid itself of slavery. The representatives are the betrayers of the people. Narrator: For years, John Brown had been trying to divine God's purpose, to make sense of his afflictions. Garrison maintained his distance, but like every abolitionist, he wondered where all this upheaval would lead. Roger Novak International Print Museum/Mark Barbour The campaign was bearing fruit. John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):I know these mountains. Now, I would like to introduce to you a graduate from the "peculiar institution." Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University When news of the upheaval reached Washington, President Franklin Pierce -- an ardent Southern sympathizer -- demonstrated the government's resolve. California wanted to be admitted to the Union as a free state. "American Experience: The Abolitionists" is a compelling, 3-part series on the rise, fracturing, decline, resurgence and ultimate triumph of the movement to make all Americans free. This worksheet helps students to consider and debate three different strategies available to abolitionists in the 1850s as they worked to end slavery. Lee Rogalski, Location Managers I cant recollect of ever seeing her by the light of day. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):I was a changed being after that fight. We will deal the Slave Power such a blow, it shall never recover. And I'm sure Angelina had the same response I had in reading, "You're terrible. Garrison was horrified by descriptions of the slave pens where men, women, and children were held, awaiting shipment further South, and he began to think that ending slavery was the cause that could give meaning to his life. American Experience | Official Site | PBS The Abolitionists Part 3 PBS A Viewing Guide Questions American Experience David McCole He worked through the night, producing a radical document that crystallized his own beliefs, especially his faith in the power of nonviolence. The names were already seared in the nation's consciousness: Bull Run, Shiloh, Malvern Hill. Chris King Narrator:By the time Brown left Ohio for the last leg of the journey to eastern Kansas, he had gathered a formidable arsenal of rifles, pistols, and broadswords. We'll tar the nigger-loving son of a bitch. Terms of Use: This document is for personal use only and may only be used by the original purchaser. The final blow came when Garrison published ugly insinuations about an affair between Douglass and Julia Griffiths. Such conduct grieves me to the heart. Earlier on you were not putting your life into danger if you criticized slavery. A few weeks into the tour, the relentless pace and grueling conditions began to tell on Garrison. Loading Download and Save: AbolitionistStrategiesWorksheet.pdf Source | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):I think I will. David W. Blight, Historian:The heart of the evangelical Christian's worldview was this idea that the individual can be converted almost immediately. And in Boston, one of them was coming to understand that God intended he do something about it. So to have a person like Douglass gave the anti-slavery cause teeth; it gave it authenticity; it gave it a new voice. The ground upon which you stand is holy ground: never, never surrender it. Amanda Deprez 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. Anti-slavery Northerners all wanted it to be free territory. Slave Auctioneer (Brian Elder):Twenty-five. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves, even in free states, fully legal. I welcome any new mode of attack upon the slave system.". It was all they needed. Fotosearch Narrator:Garrison's publication of the letter horrified Angelina's friends and even her sister Sarah. There was no time to rest -- New York was crawling with bounty hunters. But over the course of the following day they were overwhelmed, as every able-bodied man in the area grabbed a gun and raced into town. New Year's Day, 1863, was an anxious vigil. The City of New Castle, DE In 1835 an angry mob destroyed abolitionist . Newspapers across the South celebrated the assault, but when news of the incident reached John Brown's encampment in Kansas, he and his followers were enraged. Nine o'clock became 10, and then 11, and still there was no word. One worksheet and key is included for each episode.Video Response Worksheets will turn your history lesson into a rich educational, - Episode 1 - Worksheet and Key PDF & Digital, This Video Response Worksheet and Key is based on, - Episode 1: 1820s-1838. Theodore Weld (Steve Annan):And I reject all authority, all government, save the influence which love gives us over each other. The case had seemed inconsequential: a Missouri slave named Dred Scott wanted the court to set him free, because his master had taken him to live in Illinois and then Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal. Albert Kaplan Collection Rosetta Douglass (Lynn Bandoria):Civil war has at last begun. We are the spark that will set this country ablaze. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Rochester Library Mr. Green, you've heard Mr. Brown. Victoria Maryak Dilks Women did not strike out, white women did not strike out on their own in this way, and Southern white women certainly did not. & Paul Fouquet, C.S.A. She collapsed with typhoid fever. He even envisioned a future in which black Americans could share in their country's promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Many wondered whether the Union itself could survive. Alicia Ayoub And one day, when I was six years old, my grandmother was told to walk me to the workhouse near the master's place. My plan is to take handpicked men and post them in squads of fives on a line here. Stowe had hoped to become a writer, but now she was too busy raising six young children on very little money. His eulogy was more than a memorial to one man. Narrator:As news of the event filtered out, the city grew tense. David W. Blight, Historian:The Mexican War unshucked slavery. W. Caleb McDaniel, Historian:When Garrison receives Angelina Grimk's letter, he sees a Southern woman who is confirming everything that the abolitionists have been saying about slavery's evils. The editor was overwhelmed as he walked among the ruins of the once-gracious city. How do you want your children to remember you? I am constantly receiving anonymous letters filled with abominable and bloody sentiments. It must be crushed, it must be changed and reinvented. Freddy Galfus Re-Recording Mixer It was an immediate and an immense bestseller. On this Julie Roy Jeffrey, Historian:All kinds of rumors had been flying around Philadelphia about the wedding and the guest list and the social amalgamation, or mixing, that had gone on. John Brown (T. Ryder Smith, audio):Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. Donna Jerome Viola Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of London Timeka Scott Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Historian:Many of the audience members had never, ever seen a slave, let alone been to the slave South. Soon,Uncle Tom's Cabinbegan reaching vast new audiences, including many who had never read a novel, when it was adapted as a wildly popular play. Laina Kaffenberger And he isn't punished, in part because Douglass standing up to Covey ruins, or at least jeopardizes, Covey's reputation.