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West Africa Squadron
- British Royal navy force that was created to enforce the abolition of the slave trade. Captured hundreds of slave ships and freed thousands of captives.
breakers
- Slave drivers that employed the lash to break the souls of slaves.
black belt
- The region of the deep south that had the highest population of slaves.
responsorial
- A call and response way of preaching which molded Christian and African traditions. Used by slaves in the south.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
- Revolt by Virginia slaves where they went and slaughtered whites on farms.
Amistad
- A spanish slave ship that was seized by enslaved Africans that were on board and they tried to steer it back to Africa; they were put on trial in Long Island.
American Colonization Society
- Had the ideas of early abolitionists; they wanted to ship freed blacks back to Africa. They purchased Liberia for a safe place for the blacks to be.
LIberia
- The West-African nation that was established as a safe place for freed blacks to be.
The Liberator
- An antislavery newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison, and he wanted immediate emancipation for all slaves.
American Anti-Slavery Society
- An abolitionist society that supported the immediate outlawing of slavery.
Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
- An abolitionist track supporting the violet overthrowing of slavery.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- An autobiography of Frederick Douglass who escaped slavery and was the most famous black abolitionist.
Mason-Dixon Line
- The line that showed the divide between the North and the South over slavery.
Gag Resolution
- It stopped the debate and action of antislavery appeals; it was passed every year for 8 years.