[1A] Explain the POV presented in the painting "After the Sale" - ANSWER - shaming
white slave owners
- artist is against slavery
- (back turned) slave owner's refusal to see moral injustice
- Eyre Crowe is a white man
- he documents a real scene in Richmond, VA
[1B] Explain one historical event or concept that supports A - ANSWER - Compromise
of 1850
- abolishes the buying and selling of slaves in Washington, D.C.
- the south, however, continues to buy and sell slaves (breaking up families) and is a moral
wrong
[1C] Explain one historical event or concept that contradicts A - ANSWER - "positive
good"
- slavery is a benefit to society
- believed black people were more civilized under the "paternal care" of their master
- accepted mostly by white slaveholders (ex. John C Calhoun)
[2A] Explain a specific action taken by Northern Abolitionists during 1820-1860 - AN-
SWER - widespread literature (kinda propaganda)
- 1831 "The Liberator" by William Lloyd Garrison
- a newspaper focusing on moral persuasion
- 1852 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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, - a book that changed how many americans viewed slavery
[2B] Explain another specific action taken by Northern Abolitionists - ANSWER - 1833
American Anti-Slavery Society
- advocated for "personal liberty laws"
- these laws attempted to protect fugitive slaves in the north
- counteracted Fugitive Slave Act (ex. allowed fugitive slaves to have juries)
- accepted by most northern states
[2C] Explain an action taken by Southern States to counter Northern Abolitionists - AN-
SWER - 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
- seize and return fugitive slaves in the north
- north was no longer a safety zone for slaves
- ex. Solomon Northup "12 years a slave"
- he was returned from DC and worked in LA for 12 years
[3A] Explain the difference between moderate and radical abolitionists - ANSWER -
moderate: letting things change slowly and preferred to use political methods to achieve
change
- radical: wanted immediate change and was willing to use violence if necessary, disliked po-
litical methods
[3B] Explain one specific example of an action taken by a moderate abolitionist - AN-
SWER - Frederick Douglass
- published his newspaper "The North Star"
- he was a free black yet some white people still read it
- extremely influential
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white slave owners
- artist is against slavery
- (back turned) slave owner's refusal to see moral injustice
- Eyre Crowe is a white man
- he documents a real scene in Richmond, VA
[1B] Explain one historical event or concept that supports A - ANSWER - Compromise
of 1850
- abolishes the buying and selling of slaves in Washington, D.C.
- the south, however, continues to buy and sell slaves (breaking up families) and is a moral
wrong
[1C] Explain one historical event or concept that contradicts A - ANSWER - "positive
good"
- slavery is a benefit to society
- believed black people were more civilized under the "paternal care" of their master
- accepted mostly by white slaveholders (ex. John C Calhoun)
[2A] Explain a specific action taken by Northern Abolitionists during 1820-1860 - AN-
SWER - widespread literature (kinda propaganda)
- 1831 "The Liberator" by William Lloyd Garrison
- a newspaper focusing on moral persuasion
- 1852 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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, - a book that changed how many americans viewed slavery
[2B] Explain another specific action taken by Northern Abolitionists - ANSWER - 1833
American Anti-Slavery Society
- advocated for "personal liberty laws"
- these laws attempted to protect fugitive slaves in the north
- counteracted Fugitive Slave Act (ex. allowed fugitive slaves to have juries)
- accepted by most northern states
[2C] Explain an action taken by Southern States to counter Northern Abolitionists - AN-
SWER - 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
- seize and return fugitive slaves in the north
- north was no longer a safety zone for slaves
- ex. Solomon Northup "12 years a slave"
- he was returned from DC and worked in LA for 12 years
[3A] Explain the difference between moderate and radical abolitionists - ANSWER -
moderate: letting things change slowly and preferred to use political methods to achieve
change
- radical: wanted immediate change and was willing to use violence if necessary, disliked po-
litical methods
[3B] Explain one specific example of an action taken by a moderate abolitionist - AN-
SWER - Frederick Douglass
- published his newspaper "The North Star"
- he was a free black yet some white people still read it
- extremely influential
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