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What were the causes and effects of the expansion of cotton production in the South?
Cause: Increased demand for cotton from textile mills. Effect: Increased demand for enslaved labor and the expansion of the domestic slave trade.
What were the causes and effects of the ban on the transatlantic slave trade in 1808?
Cause: Congressional action to end the importation of enslaved people. Effect: Increased reliance on domestic reproduction and the domestic slave trade.
Who was Frederick Douglass and what was his impact?
A formerly enslaved abolitionist who wrote narratives exposing the horrors of slavery, including family separation.
Who was Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and what was her impact?
An African American abolitionist and poet whose work, like 'The Slave Auction,' captured the despair and helplessness of enslaved people.
Who was William Wells Brown and what was his impact?
An abolitionist and playwright whose play, The Escape, dramatized the desperation to avoid being sold into slavery.
Who was Solomon Northup and what was his impact?
A free Black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery; his memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, provided a firsthand account of the brutality of the system.
What is the significance of slave narratives?
Firsthand accounts of enslaved people's experiences, providing powerful testimonies against the institution of slavery and revealing the resilience of those who endured it.
What is the significance of abolitionist poetry?
Expressed the raw emotions and psychological impact of slavery, fostering empathy and galvanizing support for the abolitionist movement.
What is the significance of abolitionist plays?
Brought the horrors of slavery to life on stage, fostering empathy and raising awareness about the injustices of the system.