a loyalty to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole

to approve

to free

a person who wanted to end slavery

slave rebellion in Virginia that increased tension in the Southern region

attempted rebellion in Charleston that caused slave owners in South Carolina to become more fearful of their slaves

another name for slavery and the economic power it had in the American South

states that did not allow people to own slaves

factory workers in the North who worked long hours, received low wages, and worked in undesirable conditions

a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

daughters of a prominent South Carolina slave owning family, who moved North to embrace anti-slavery ideas and women's rights

important American abolitionist

an anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison.

economy based on trading and small farms, slaves were all freed after the American Revolution

economy based on plantation system that depended on slave labor

a reaction to the Stono Rebellion, strictly regulated all aspects of slave life