Peter Friedman
Slavery: Whose Loss?
Prizio
ATUSH
Black Abolitionists â" Benjamin Quarles
1) Supporters of slavery had a general understanding that slavery was the normal relationship between blacks and whites. (vii)
2) Abolitionists were men and women who would not hold their peace about slavery
a) Not surprising that blacks would have their own abolitionist component (vii)
3) Black abolitionists were different than other groups of abolitionists (vii)
a) They felt that the fight against slavery was a black man's fight (viii)
i) Freed blacks in north felt an obligation to stay true to their brethren, and felt a special kinship to their slave counterparts. (viii)
4) Nevertheless, most abolitionists were whites (ix)
5) Colonization was an theory of abolition where blacks would be sent to the west coast of Africa (4)
a) Formed by American Colonization Society (ACS) (4)
6) Black leaders met at Bethel Church in Philadelphia to discuss colonization in January 1817 (3)
a) James Forten led the ceremony which resulted in an overwhelming feeling of dismay towards colonization. (3)
i) The assembly condemned the colonization scheme for going against the virtues of the "free negro,â which stated that they would never voluntarily separate themselves from their brethren in slavery (4)
7) ACS leader Robert Finley tried to convince blacks of the benefits of colonization, and assured them it had beneficial intents, but blacks still resisted (5)
8) Blacks did not approve of colonization for a number of reasons (5)
a) Colonization would remove the free negro from America, leaving the slaves all alone, without a possible ally in rebellion (6)
b) Free blacks who went to Africa via colonization would be betraying a promise they made to their slave brethren (6)
9) Opposition to African colonization united opponents of slavery, and became the foundation of a new group of people: abolitionists (8)
a) Established abolitionists by...