Slavery and Abolitionists in the 1800s
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Abolitionists in the 1800s
American Anti-Slave Society
The Second Great Awakening
ABOLITIONIST ARGUMENTS
Slavery in the 1800's
SLAVE CODE
SELLING SOUTH
FREED SLAVE TREATMENT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Satire
EXAMPLES OF SATIRE IN THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
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SLAVE CODE:
Restrictive codes were passed because the slave owners wanted to keep their slaves dependent on them. The codes prohibited slaves from learning how to read or write, and the codes greatly restricted the slaves’ behaviors and movements.