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1 Transcendentalism Philosophical and literary movement Emphasized

2 Transcendentalist Thinking Man must acknowledge a body of moral truths that were intuitive and must TRANSCEND more sensational proof:

3 Transcendentalist Intellectuals/Writers Concord, MA Nature (1832) Self- Reliance (1841) Walden (1854) Resistance to Civil Disobedience (1849) The American Scholar (1837)

4 The Transcendentalist Agenda

5 A Transcendentalist Critic: Nathaniel Hawthorne ( ) Their pursuit of the ideal led to a distorted view of human nature and possibilities: * The Blithedale Romance One should accept the world as an imperfect place: * * House of the Seven Gables

6 Utopian Communities

7 Robert Owen ( ) Utopian Socialist Village of Cooperation

8 The Oneida Community New York, 1848 John Humphrey Noyes ( ) Millenarianism the 2 nd coming of Christ had already occurred Humans were no longer obliged to follow the moral rules of the past all residents married to each other carefully regulated free love

9 New Harmony, IN New Harmony lasted from

10 Secular Utopian Communities Individual Freedom Demands of Community Life spontaneity self-fulfillment discipline organizational hierarchy

11 Original Plans for New Harmony, IN Proposal by Owen New Harmony in 1832

12 Abolitionist Movement Create a free slave state in Liberia, West Africa No real anti-slavery sentiment in the North in the 1820s & 1830s Gradualists Immediatists

13 Abolitionist Movement Until 1820s most abolitionists advocated resettlement 1816 American Colonization Society created Member certificate to American Colonization Society

14 Anti-Slavery Alphabet

15 William Lloyd Garrison ( ) Massachusetts newspaper editor Founded in 1831

16 The Liberator Premiere issue January 1, 1831

17 The Tree of Slavery Loaded with the Sum of All Villanies!

18 Other White Abolitionists Lewis Tappan James Birney Liberty Party Ran for President in 1840 & 1844 Arthur Tappan

19 Black Abolitionists David Walker ( ) 1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World Fight for freedom rather than wait to be set free by whites

20 Frederick Douglass ( ) 1845 The Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass 1847 published The North Star

21 Sojourner Truth ( ) or Isabella Baumfree 1850 The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

22 Harriet Tubman ( ) Moses

23 Leading Escaping Slaves Along the Underground Railroad

24 The Underground Railroad

25 The Underground Railroad Conductor ==== leader of the escape Passengers ==== escaping slaves Tracks ==== routes Trains ==== farm wagons transporting the escaping slaves Depots ==== safe houses to rest/sleep

26 Turner s Rebellion Led by Nat Turner whites killed in the revolt 200+ blacks killed 56 executed (including Turner) killed by militias and mobs Results:

27

28 Slave Owners Defend Slavery Ex. Servants should obey their masters Slaves benefited from Christianity Greece, Rome, Egypt Paternalism of slaveowner Compared to wage slaves in the North not just a necessary evil In response to numerous abolitionist petitions, Congress was prevented from discussing slavery

29 Early 19c Women Single - could own her own property Married - no control over her property or her children Couldn t make, sign a, or in court without her husband s permission

30 Women Educators Mary Lyons ( ) Troy, NY Female Seminary Curriculum: math, physics, history, geography Train female teachers Emma Willard ( ) 1837 Mt. Holyoke (College) first college for women 1831 Opened school for girls 1834 Opened school for African- American girls Prudence Crandall ( )

31 Separate Spheres Concept A woman s was in the home (it was a refuge from the cruel world outside) Her role was to her husband and family An 1830s MA minister: The power of woman is her dependence. A woman who gives up that dependence on man to become a reformer yields the power God has given her for her protection, and her character becomes unnatural!

32 Cult of Domesticity = The 2 nd Great Awakening inspired women to improve society Angelina Grimké Sarah Grimké Southern Abolitionists Ran a school for females Lucy Stone American Women s Suffrage Assoc. Edited Woman s Journal

33 Women s Rights London - World Anti-Slavery Convention female delegates denied right to attend convention Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton

34 Seneca Falls Declaration

35 What It Would Be Like If Ladies Had Their Own Way!

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