When news of the arrest filtered out, Boston erupted in anger. Anna Davis Saraceno. John Chimples "While I will continue to write and speak against slavery," Douglass wrote, "I have become less hopeful of its peaceful abolition. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Sir, you have no idea -- the entire state of Virginia will rise up against you. Richard Brooks William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):Put on the whole armor of God Narrator:Douglass's new life was fraught with danger. Kate Murray Harriet Beecher Stowe made millions of Americans see slaverythrough the eyes of its victims. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Corbis Crystal CuppMrs. Grimk Harriet Beecher Stowe (Kate Lyn Sheil):Don't they all? Narrator:Edward Covey was a farmer back on Maryland's eastern shore who traded on his reputation as a slave breaker. I have no accurate knowledge of my age. There is "a class of professed abolitionists in Cincinnati," she wrote, but they are "unfashionable" and are "regarded as a species of moral mono-maniacs.". R. Mark Hughes, Leadmen The media assets in this collection feature historical reenactments and expert interviews that . Mother, listen to me! 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. Post Production Video Services "Sir," he addressed Garrison, as the church fell silent. Thomas Nowlin David W. Blight, Historian:Slaves were the single largest financial asset in the entire American economy, worth more than all manufacturing, all railroad, steamship lines, and other transportation systems, put together. We must convert the sinner. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Your boasted liberty is an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery. Jacob WashburnFranky Garrison Douglass enlisted two of his sons, and even William Lloyd Garrison, the ultra peace man, allowed his first born to join the colors. As she was recovering, Angelina wrote to Theodore, saying she hadn't realized how much he disliked her. Narrator:When Douglass questioned Garrison's doctrines at a meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society, he was branded an enemy. Neal Huff David Graham John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):Your speeches have been an inspiration to us. He wanted immediate abolition -- the complete eradication of the institution, everywhere and forever. In Charleston, copies were publicly burned, and the mayor warned her mother that if Angelina ever dared visit Charleston again she would be thrown in jail. And I'm sure Angelina had the same response I had in reading, "You're terrible. Keith Tyree, Extras We'll give you $800. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):My Dear Wife: I am going to try to write you a few lines with my own hand. The post-war years would be hard. But of that time, I can know nothing and you can know nothing. The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library 1800's including; religious reform, education reform, temperance movement, labor reform, women's rights movement, movement, prison reform, and art, music, and culture, 1800's PowerPoint" found in my store. Thomas ColemanShields Green Her health had been severely weakened by her public ordeals, leaving her barely able to cope with the demands of motherhood. I cant recollect of ever seeing her by the light of day. Nina Kuhn Written by Isaac Watts The Abolitionists - Episode 1 - Worksheet and Key PDF & Digital She was taken away after I was born, to work as a field hand 12 miles away. Wendy CarterSarah Grimk Kevin Inouye Shattered glass cascaded to the floor. James Brewer Stewart, Historian:The South Carolina legislature put a bounty on Garrison's head: $15,000 if you deliver his body, I think more if you delivered the whole man alive. Angelina Grimk." Lee Rogalski, Location Managers You don't do it by playing on the outrage. But scattered around the country, a few lonely souls were convinced that slavery was a crime against God and man. James Thompson 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. Tom Phillips Keyboards, Piano, Cello, Music Among those who contributed was the most famous black man in America, the ex-slave Frederick Douglass. The personal liberty laws set alarm bells ringing throughout the South. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Mr. Lincoln is a genuine representative of American prejudice and Negro hatred, and far more concerned for the preservation of slavery than for any principle of justice and humanity. And he's suddenly become famously depicted in art, wearing these sort of evening slippers with this long, peaceful old patriarch beard, and he's the abolitionist grandfather you wish you had. R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:You have the Northern establishment, every newspaper, saying, "This guy's a hero. Karla Brown You will receive a PDF file which contains a Video Response Worksheet and Key and a TPT Digital Activity for students (worksheet only). Abolition - National Geographic Society There was nothing that you had to do that there wasn't a slave who took care of it for you. Narrator:On March 20th, 1852, a publisher released a book on a difficult subject by an unknown author. Rosetta Douglass (Lynn Bandoria):Civil war has at last begun. You do it by convincing them that there are human beings in peril. We're gonna be able to sort this slavery problem out"? The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. But Frederick Douglass, the man everyone had come to hear, didn't say much of anything at all. State officials could never again take part in the recapture of a fugitive slave. The Amstel House, New Castle, DE Narrator:William Lloyd Garrison had been waging war against slavery for 25 years, but tonight, victory seemed inconceivable. They will fight you tooth and claw. Narrator:By 1840, after 10 years of struggle, William Lloyd Garrison was drifting away from many of his old allies, alienating them with what they considered irrelevant heresies. Angelina Grimk (Jeanine Serralles):Mother, it is my duty to bear testimony against Mrs. Grimk (Crystal Cupp):Angelina, mind your own business. Sound Effects/Dialogue Editor But for the remainder of the 1850s, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass would not speak to each other. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):Every once in a while, I could hear my master speaking angrily about "abolitionists." Why were you raised by your grandmother -- what about your mother? Narrator:In the spring of 1838, Angelina and Theodore's friends received a wedding invitation adorned with an engraving of a slave in chains. Daniel Sheets McCue Butler The only reason that he decided to return to the United States is because he felt a sense of responsibility and obligation to his fellow blacks. It reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on . Cara White, Post Production Narrator:Frederick Douglass returned home alone. But with its publication, Angelina Grimk's public career was over. We are the spark that will set this country ablaze. And let all the people say, "Amen. The experience would change his life. Wisconsin Historical Society Carol Berkin, Historian:Of course, since they're women, to speak in front of a mixed -- or as they called it, promiscuous -- audience of men and women was absolutely forbidden. But that was nothing compared with Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):It is never nothing. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):It so happened that I was speaking to a large audience in National Hall. David Kruta, Production Sound Mixers William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):The Liberatoris causing extraordinary agitation among whites in the slave states. Season 1 Episode 3, This resource contains 56 questions with a key pertaining to, 53 minute film on Amazon. 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. Russell Scott, Jr. Fotosearch A few weeks earlier, the six-year-old had been delivered to his master's home on Maryland's eastern shore, to begin his life as a slave. Elissa Meyers, C.S.A. ***This product is a graphic organizer for students to identify, Part 1 (available on YouTube) students will answer, following questions that are in order with, questions are visually presented in a way where students will also see real characters as. There is a kind of work that Garrison can do, precisely because he is a white man in America in the 1830s. Pre-made digital activities. And most significantly, in one sense, any white can be deputized at any moment, day or night, and is required to help round up the suspected fugitive slave. William Kaffenberger Joan D. Hedrick, Historian:She was really fueled by the grief for her baby, but I suspect, too, perhaps, anger at a Calvinist God. She collapsed with typhoid fever. Lincoln also vows to add even more teeth to the Fugitive Slave Law. Narrator:As Douglass'sNarrativebecame a bestseller, he was treated by his British hosts not just as an equal, but as a celebrity. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):My Dear Wife: Is it not strange that Douglass has not written a single line to me since he left me on a bed of illness? By killing of five pro-slavery men, John Brown hoped to strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. Kirk Graves It also includes options for color or black outline printing. The mountains are full of natural fords. Narrator:In the spring of 1850, the question of the territories seized in the Mexican War finally exploded in the gravest crisis in the nation's history. (c) 2013 Trina ComissiongSlave Auction Child Brown spends the same amount of time trying to convince Douglass to go to Harpers Ferry with him to be his right-hand man. Most important of all, for the first time in his life, Douglass was free. Their destination was New Bedford, Massachusetts, a whaling town known as an abolitionist stronghold, with a large population of free blacks and runaway slaves. Raymond (Jake) Henry Tony Horwitz, Author:He stands up without notes and gives one of the greatest speeches in American history. Alexandra Hannibal, Stage Managers Mrs. Grimk (Crystal Cupp):I ask you to leave him alone. William Herndon assured him that he and Lincoln were working to the same end. Simply, sir, we welcome and look upon you as our savior.". Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):I never saw enthusiasm before. Angelina Grimk (Jeanine Serralles, audio):I saw slavery in the city, among the fashionable and the honorable. John Stauffer, Historian:Abolitionists never waver in their faith or their hope that any day, any moment, slavery can end. American Experience is a production of WGBH, which is solely responsible for its content. Melondy Phillips Abolitionists were losing hope. Choir (Actors): to mansions in the skies, / I bid farewell to every fear, / And wipe my weeping eyes. Still, Garrison was wary: Lincoln seemed to be hedging. As he put it, "the logic and moral power of Garrison and the anti-slavery people" had done it all. Together with Shields Green, a fugitive he had befriended in Rochester, Douglass quietly made his way to a stone quarry at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. James Brewer Stewart, Historian:William Lloyd Garrison's religious background was not just a background, it was at the core of who he was. I have no language to express the feelings of my heart. So when men start to come to her talks, their antennae go up. Rob Rapley, Original Concept Developed by Sherms Catering, Set Security They're bullying and intimidating and sometimes killing Northern settlers. Kwame Washington The abolition movement sought to end the practice of slavery in the United States. T. Ryder Smith, Edited by What the country just said, from the heart of the government, is that slavery is forever. Dana Pacheco R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:What Stowe sees there is a human thing. As he headed west from his home in upstate New York, he collected money and weapons for the fight. I can assure you Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):And I can assure you that you'll be walking into a perfect steel trap R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:He's talking about invading the South and occupying the South and taking over the South, sort of building this republic out, one mile at a time, and that republic is going to be a new country. That evening, Garrison collapsed. The Proclamation had included an unexpected clause: at last, black men could enlist in the armed services of the United States. John Stauffer, Historian:Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 virtually legitimates the kidnapping of free blacks. In the summer of 1849, the fight over slavery was suddenly eclipsed as cholera swept through cities across the country. Here we have proof positive that there is an utter disregard for the compromises that have been made to found this American republic, to try to keep this thing running. Slavery marches right up into Massachusetts and now Northerners get to see the face of evil. Aaron Nee Theodore Weld (Steve Annan):And I reject all authority, all government, save the influence which love gives us over each other. 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. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):Boston has become the hunting ground of merciless man-stealers. Narrator:Word of the abolitionists' efforts spread, even reaching the slave Frederick Douglass. Third Assailant (Actor):Come on, let's take him down to the others. George Reuther Tomas Sturgis Trigo There are 10 lessons and a total of 24 Files in, Immigrants & Reformers Unit. He's probably worth $1,500-2,000. Youre eternally in sin. The greeting that they would give you is almost impossible for me to express. Susan Demirjian Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Thank you, no, Mrs. Brown. I was raised by my grandmother. And Douglass doesn't even tell him first-hand. For abolitionists, it was a stunning victory, but they weren't done. On the first page of the first issue of his newspaper, Garrison declared, "There shall be no neutrals; men shall either like or dislike me.". Their ship was due to sail in 13 days. I'd hoped to meet you long before this. One thousand eight hundred and three issues, every one set by hand, most by Garrison's own. Most of them had come to hear William Lloyd Garrison. The abolitionist movement that emerged in the early 1830s was combative, uncompromising, and insistent upon an immediate end to slavery. But victory, and even an anti-slavery war, turned out to be far more elusive than anyone had expected. Angelina Grimk (Jeanine Serralles, audio):Your letter was indeed a great surprise, my brother, and yet it was no surprise at all. Manisha Sinha, Historian:Douglass recognizes the Republican Party for what it is. It's a Godsend. David W. Blight, Historian:The first American Republic, the one invented in the Revolution in the late 18th century, had to die. abolitionists were often targeted and harassed, sometimes violently. Ready to print and go - educational puzzles make great worksheets to keep in your sub folder or have on hand for early finishers. Within months, he was thrown in prison for vilifying a slave trader. Rees Robertson Magnolia Plantation and Gardens Anne Chapman There are four million men in bondage who will fly to our banner. Lois Brown, Historian:There's a kind of fearlessness about Angelina Grimk. Partisans on each side of the struggle perceived a mortal threat: whichever way Kansas went, the territories further west would likely go the same way. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Good Lord, man. In 1855, he headed to the slave state of Kansas. David Fortino Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):The abolitionists of this country were never a numerous class, but lately death has been busy in reducing their already thinned ranks. Just over the border from Canada, Rochester was the last stop on the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses used by slaves fleeing north to safety. Sold to the gentleman here. Earlier on you were not putting your life into danger if you criticized slavery. Charles Hibbler Radicals. Nikita Moyer She worked in another town for a few years. He had few friends or allies. That's a sea change. Lena Drobot Scott Kardel, Marketing & Publicity She was more or less on her own as she struggled with very deep and troubling issues about herself and her relationship to God. At the beginning of October 1856, he left Kansas for the East to gather more money and weapons. He had no job to return to. Josh Allen Now she's genuinely a humanist, she's genuinely a person with great empathy for people who suffer, and great sensitivity to the inequalities in society. West Virginia State Archives, Boyd B. Stutler Collection 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. Peter Marziale Loading Download and Save: AbolitionistStrategiesWorksheet.pdf Source | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning John Brown (T. Ryder Smith):Come with me Douglass. They've killed people, and not the first people he's killed. From his jail cell, Brown kept up a stream of correspondence and interviews, which were breathlessly reported throughout the North. And one day, when I was six years old, my grandmother was told to walk me to the workhouse near the master's place. Albert Kaplan Collection Then, an explosion of violence halfway across the country suddenly propelled him to national prominence. There, far from the violence and upheaval of abolition's front lines, they would take up their most influential work. James Brewer Stewart, Historian:Once the firing happens on Fort Sumter, Garrison wraps himself in the flag. The Liberatorhad become not only the most influential voice of abolition, but the symbol of its tenacity. But for many abolitionists, Garrison's old tactics seemed hopelessly inadequate. Northerners were flooding Congress with anti-slavery petitions. Narrator:Griffiths would eventually bow to the pressure, and move back to England. Your prayers and hymns are fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. Meghan Malloy Try to recover him." Washington immediately descended into chaos, as one Southern state after another seceded from the Union.
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