History Slavery DBQ Slavery is the ownership of a person or persons. Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the 1800's slavery was a key issue that divided our state into two territories. the government had ideas on how to deal with slavery but their ideas were different from individuals and groups. the actions taken by the federal government and the Abolitionist Movement helped shape our history and the freedom and rights of African-Americans. The government's efforts to deal with slavery differ from individuals and or group efforts to deal with the Institution. The …show more content…
The fight to end slavery was not only made up of African-Americans but whites and women groups. Women gathered and collected signatures on anti-slavery memorials. “Much of the actual burden of gathering signatures for anti-slavery memorials was taken up by the social-minded female”(taken from document 5b) A second example of how individuals and groups efforts deal with institution is that the Southerners feared that with an increased number of antislavery states, the abolitionists would have a majority in the Senate and would be able to outlaw slavery so, some people did not abide by the Fugitive Slave Law. It took hard-working and selfless individuals and groups to fight for the freedom of African Americans. The abolitionist movement was one of the most effective and diverse civil rights movements in history. Also, Uncle Tom’s Cabin became a play and was performed throughout the country so other groups such as the Quakers spoke out against the moral wrongness of enslaving another human being; other groups and Harriet Tubman went as far as helping to create an extensive fugitive slave network and helped them to escape to freedom in free states, territories, or Canada. There aren't many effects that came from the government's efforts to deal with slavery and individuals or group efforts to deal with the institution. In document number to the Dred Scott case ended up one of the events leading up to the Civil War. a second example from the government's efforts to deal with slavery and individuals or groups efforts to do with Institution was from document number 5a the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society created the Anti-Slavery Tea Party. the government efforts to deal with slavery differ from individuals and or group efforts to deal with the