a person or political movement that argues for ending slavery

writings or statements that arouse strong public emotion

a system of ideas of right and wrong conduct or belief

pride or patriotism for ones country; the belief that the needs of a whole nation come before those of a state or region.

a formal withdrawal of groups or states from a government or country

loyalty to a particular region or section of a country instead of to the nation as a whole

Editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator

All regions had slavery prior to the American Revolution; after the war was over, Northern states passed laws to gradually _____ , or free, their slaves.

_____ ______ had a larger population than the free whites in the Southern States due to higher birth rates and smuggling.

Effect: South Carolinians became more afraid of their slaves. Slave Codes that had been developed as a result of the Stono Rebellion were strengthened to better protect white society. Abolitionists, such as the Grimkes, were forced to leave SC or keep silent.

A slave uprising in VA.

The goal of this movement was to outlaw slavery throughout the United States. In SC, it made slaveowners more determined to hold onto slavery, their "peculiat institution."

Southerners responded to abolitionist's criticism by claiming that slavery was a _____ ____ _ _____ _____ because slaves were cared for throughout their lives, unlike northern laborers that they termed "wage slaves."

Abolitionists manned the _____ _____ with limited impact in SC since the state was too far from the border with "free states" to make this escape route effective.

political party that supported a strong national government, New Englanders tended to support this party

Effect: The South competed rigorously for the admission of new states as slave states in order to maintain the balance of slave and free states in the Senate.

Effect: The Northern States had a larger representation in the House of Representatives during the Antebellum Period.