The Frederick Douglass Game (Opposing Side)

 The Frederick Douglass Game

Views from the Opposing Side; Arguing on the Side of Anti-Slavery

Frederick Douglass

In my Talking About Freedom class, we played a game called "The Frederick Douglass Game." We were either put on the Anti-Slavery side or the Pro-Slavery side. Below are some arguments spoken on the Anti-Slavery/Abolitionist side:

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist. He believed that slaves should be free, though he thought that the black males should be freed first. He was a runaway slave and eventually helped Abraham Lincoln write the Emancipation Proclamation which abolished a lot of slavery that was being done in the South.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe had a lot of empathy towards black mothers. She felt saddened with how children were separated from their mothers because of slavery. She eventually wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, affecting a lot of people and starting an uproar in the anti-slavery movement.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was a slave. She was forced into slavery at the age of five when she was sold into it. She was separated from most of her family because of it. Eventually when she escaped, she came back to help save her family and many more slaves, creating the underground railroad. She never left anyone behind, helping as many slaves with escaping as possible.

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony believed that slaves were no different than white people, or anyone else. She believed that they were created by God, so they were no different than anyone else. She collaborated with Frederick Douglass to abolish slavery.

John Brown

John Brown was an Evangelical Puritan who believed that slavery directly contradicted Gods words. Essentially the idea of "Treat others the way you would like to be treated." He wondered how followers of God believed that slavery was okay when they were supposedly followers of the bible.

Angelina Grimke

Angelina Grimke was an abolitionist. She had parents who owned slaves, so she saw their mistreatment secondhand. While her parents owned slaves, her sister decided to teach slaves. After years of witnessing the injustice done towards slaves, she decided that she wanted to end slavery all together. She eventually wrote the book, "Anti-Slavery Appeal to Christian Women." Her writing career didn't stop there. She wrote many more books about abolishing slavery.

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams believed that basic freedoms that every human should have had been being taken from slaves. She believed that slavery was a sin and that followers of God should not support such a monstrosity. She often voiced her (at the time) controversial opinion to her husband John Adams in letters and other means of communication.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. he believed that if slavery was not wrong, then nothing would be considered wrong. During his presidency, he established the Emancipation Proclamation with the help of Frederick Douglass. The Emancipation Proclamation provided a new solution to ending slavery because the constitution left the law of slavery up to the states, meaning the federal government couldn't make decisions around the issue. Abraham Lincoln had always been an abolitionist.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the United States. He was an abolitionist. His main belief was that the United States' Constitution should support the rights of all people. And the description of "all people" meant everyone including slaves.

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was a slave. She lost her children and family while she was in servitude. She wasn't sold or forced into slavery; she was born into it. Once when she was being sold, she was given up for $100 and a flock of sheep.