APUSH CH 16

Areas in the south where cotton farming developed because of the high demand for cotton

name for wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s

South region with many Blacks

Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

Slave from VA that led group of slaves to kill their slaves holders abd familes. Turner caught and executed on Nov.11, 1831. Slave states stricker control on slave population.

Abolitionists who spoke out against slavery

Transported blacks back to Africa

Banning of Slavery

An anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. It drew attention to abolition, both positive and negative, causing a war of words between supporters of slavery and those opposed.

important abolitionist leader who founded abolitionist newspaper, the Liberator; cofounded the New England Antislavery Society

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

former slave who became a well-know speaker, writer and reformer

Term used by white southerners that referred to "slavery" because of its distinctiveness

Strict rule passed by prosouthern Congressmen in 1836 to prohibit all discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives