April 11

Nat Turners Rebellion The history of rebellions involving slaves began in South Carolina. It was called the Stono rebellion. Virginia deal with Nat Turners rebellion. An eclipse happened and he took it a as sign from god. Thirty Five white men were killed. The Virginia militia strikes back, in the end the rebellion was put down and slaves rules were tightened. Work Progress Administration Agency made by the new deal. The government hired people to interview slaves. American Colonization Society Its purpose was to settle former slaves in Africa. Anti slavery and pro slavery gave it support. Pro slavery people loved it because it got rid of trouble makers. African Americans hated it. Liberia is founded in 1821, its capitol Monrovia. The ACS failed because every 400 that went to Liberia, two thousand were born in America, Davis Walker Walker’s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829) It called for a violent ed to slavery. The north said he was excessing his constitutional rights. The south wanted him arrested. William Lloyd Garrison Most famous abolitionist. The Liberator was his news paper. He supported equal rights, the temperance movement. He opposed the church. He was a pacifist, he also opposes the government. He was a member of the New England anti-slavery society and the American anti slavery society. Grimke Sisters They were daughters of South Carolina slave owners, the spoke against sexism, and stuff.