https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m en-us 2017-03-07 14:08:41 UTC 2025-10-13 00:23:21 UTC hello@padlet.com amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158343881 Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was published in 1852. Using this novel Beecher hoped to change the way Americans viewed slavery, to show how white people treated slaves as only property and not as people. This novel was used to show the effects of what an everyday slave family might have gone through, especially with the way white masters would treat their slaves. She revealed how the United States did not see everyone as free and equal, this provoked the abolition movement and the outbreak of the Civil War. She attempted to change the attitudes that many had about slavery and wanted them to see how slavery was affecting the lives of millions of people.]]> 2017-03-07 14:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158343881 amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158343885 The Liberator was an anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. Within this newspaper Garrison heavily criticized the compromise of 1850, the Kansas- Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and John Brown's Raid. Using the Liberator, Garrison challenged the North by applying the principles of the Declaration of Independence. He stated that all people, no matter their skin color, had the right to be free. With this newspaper Garrison wished to further the anti-slavery movement by stating that abolition was the answer to this problem.]]> 2017-03-07 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158343885 amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344517 William Lloyd Garrison was an abolitionist who wrote weekly newsletters that sharply criticized the south and advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery. He organized the first anti-slavery society in New England and even co-founded the society. "Our country is the world- our countrymen are mankind." This was the motto of Garrison's famous newspaper, "The Liberator." He used an aggressive tone in his writings, for example, "I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard." He used an inflammatory tone, which helped show the importance of the abolition movement and helped bring it to a national level.]]> 2017-03-07 14:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344517 amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344703 The Wilmot Proviso was created to get rid of slavery in the land that was acquired due to the Mexican War. This compromise created a dispute between the free and slave states, to decide whether this new Mexican territory should be free or slave. David Wilmot created an amendment that stated that any territory gained by Mexico would be free. The Wilmot Proviso was a representation of the strife of slavery in the United States, and caused sectionalism between the North and the South.]]> 2017-03-07 14:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344703 amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344808 The Underground Railroad was a passageway that slaves used in order to escape from the terrible life that they were living in. These passageways were not literally underground or actual railroads, but were given these terms to describe the network of secret routes, meeting places and safe houses used to help slaves escape. Using various "routes" slaves were able to escape towards the Northern free states and Canada as well. Approximately more than 100,000 slaves were able to escape using the Underground Railroad. One of the best known  "conductors" was Harriet Tubman, a former slave, she returned to the South several times using the the Underground Railroad to bring slaves to the Northern free states. ]]> 2017-03-07 14:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158344808 amy_velasquez246 https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158345032 Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who made a huge effort to help free slaves. She is most known for being a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. She hated slavery, since she herself was born a slave, she helped bring not only her family but also about 300 people to freedom using the Underground Railroad. By using the Underground Railroad she was able to make almost nineteen trips from the south to Northern free states and to Canada. She also worked with militant abolitionist, John Brown and his plans to raid Harper's Ferry. ]]> 2017-03-07 14:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_velasquez246/xotl8c0svx3m/wish/158345032