Supervisor: Martin Sillaots Tallinn 2007 Frederick Douglas................................................................................................................3 Life as a slave...................................................................................................................3 Early education................................................................................................................ 3 Abolitionist activities.......................................................................................................4 Autobiography................................................................................................................. 5 Travels to Europe.............................................................................................................5 Pre-Civil War............................................................................................................
" His essays remain among the linchpins of American thinking,[citation needed] and his work has greatly influenced the thinkers, writers and poets that have followed him. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man." Emerson is also well known as a mentor and friend of fellow Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history
reelected Supported Brits or was neutral during France-Britain war · The role of Thomas Jefferson rd 3 president Author of Declaration of Independence Supported French during France-Britain war V North versus South · Different developments in the North and South All over the country School system Women rights South Agriculture: tobacco, rice, cotton (export to England) Cotton gin (1793) Slave labor (economics of south are based on slaves work) · Abolitionist movement Antislavery movement in 1800s Send free slaves to Liberia Help slaves flee their masters · Missouri compromise 5 Forbid slavery above 36°30' latitude Except Missouri · Fugitive Slave Act Fugitive- slave who has fled his master Free citizens should assist the return of fugitive slaves to their masters Result: Mexican American war · Underground Railroad Network of people who helped slaves escape south Hundreds of slaves each year used railroad terminology
· 1640-80 Virginia and other southers colonies drifted toward the system of slave labour · Relatively few slaves were brought to New England and Middle Atlantic colonies, but their ports and shipowners prospered on the slave trade. · The slave was a chattel could be sold and bought like an animal · No stable family life · Prohibited to learn to read and write · In conflict with the growing revolutionary idea all men are created equal 13. The abolitionist movement. After which event was slavery abolished in the US? Who was the president then? *Abolitionists = · "the underground railroad" · "depots" hiding places · "conductors" guides who helped runaway slaves · "bounty hunters" people who got rewards for escaped slaves 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on an anti-slavery platform *Abolition of Slavery = Sept. 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that
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