Chapter 17 APUSH Vocab
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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An abolitionist and author of \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" which was a depiction of slavery life. Her novel energized the anti-slavery forces in the North, and provoked anger in the south.
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King Cotton
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This was a slogan used by the south to show how much power cotton had in the world. This was because Britain imported tons of the cotton produced, which gave the south the feeling of power
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Denmark Vesey
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An American slave that purchased his freedom, after which he planned the large slave rebellion in the United States, unfortunately his plans were leaked, and was executed before he could imitated it
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mulatto
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A person with one white parent and one black parent. They mostly treated just as bad as slaves, and many people rejected the term because of its connection with slavery
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Liberty Party
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A minor political party that advocated abolition. It broke away from the Anti-Slavery Society because their approach was the view the Constitution and make slavery unconstitutional
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gag resolution
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The movement in congress where people limit or forbid the raising of certain laws or ideas. This was significant to the slavery movements because many northern tried to make slavery illegal, so the southern congressional people issued a gag rule on it
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