What impact do you believe the images would have had on the abolitionist (anti-slavery) movement?

A. Research Activities:

Through images, and a primary source, examine antebellum (pre-Civil War) slave life.

This web page has the famous photo and short biography of the escaped slave Gordon, whose back shows massive scars from whippings.
http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011/10/whipping-scars-on-back-of-fugitive.html (Links to an external site.)

Here is a drawing of a slave being flogged around 1850.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1528.html (Links to an external site.)

This primary source by Frederick Douglass examining the physical and psychological aspects of slavery
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ushistory1os/chapter/primary-source-fredrick-douglass-1845/ (Links to an external site.)

B. Essay Activities:

What impact do you believe the images would have had on the abolitionist (anti-slavery) movement? Which image was most effective?
From Douglass’ essay, discuss the psychological aspects of slavery and the ways they resisted that institution.
Things to consider:

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