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The time is the 19th century, when millions of African Americans were in slavery. You are part of the small, but growing movement to end slavery. You are helping slaves run away from Southern plantations and make their way north. You are also trying to move public opinion in favor of abolishing slavery.
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[[next]]
{(set: $funds to 10, $momentum to 5, $freed to 0, $fervor to 2, $income to 0, $network to 1, $repeat to true, $step to 1)
(set: $eventsZero to (shuffled: "Recruit an Agent", "Recruit a Shepherd", "Recruit a Conductor", "Recruit a Stationmaster", "Recruit a Stockholder","Recruit a Preacher"))
(set: $eventsOne to (shuffled: "Ripley, Ohio", "St. Catherines", "David Walker", "The Liberator", "Theodore Weld", "Lane Theological Seminary", "Southern Church Correspondence", "John Greenleaf Whittier", "Ohio River", "Quakers"))
(set: $eventsTwo to (shuffled: "Amistad Rebellion", "The North Star", "Mexico", "Anthony Brown", "Frederick Douglass", "William Lloyd Garrison", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Oberlin, Ohio", "Tappan brothers"))
(set: $eventsThree to (shuffled: "Vigilance Committes", "Bleeding Kansas", "Harpers Ferry", "Harriet Tubman", "John Brown", "William Still", "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd", "John Price Rescue", "Sojourner Truth"))
(set: $oppsOne to (shuffled: "Congressional Gag Rules", "Illegal slave trade", "Pennsylvania Hall fire", "Elijah P. Lovejoy", "Farren Riots"))
(set: $oppsTwo to (shuffled: "Fugitive Slave Act", "Slave catchers", "Compromise", "Postmaster censorship", "John C. Calhoun"))
(set: $oppsThree to (shuffled: "Dred Scott decision", "George Fitzhugh", "Border Ruffians", "Sumner caned", "Laws against 'free-negroes'"))
(set: $b to (a:))
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Specifically, you need to build up the network that helps runaway slaves avoid the slave catchers so that you free 60 slaves. This is an abstract number representing the unknown thousands of slaves who actually escaped.
At the same time, you need to get the momentum high enough in public support for abolishing slavery. Your goal is a momentum of 60.
To support both of these goals, you will need funds, so pay attention to your income as well.
Your actions will be met by reactions as the nation becomes more polarized and the fervor for slavery and secession grows.
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[[next|cycle1]](set: $cycle to 1)(if: (passage:)'s tags contains "donotshow")[<!--Do nothing-->]
(else:)[<br>Momentum for abolition: $momentum
Pro-slavery fervor: $fervor
Funds: $funds
Slaves freed: $freed
Income: $income
Network: $network]{(set: $current to (shuffled:(...($eventsZero + $eventsOne))))
(set: $freed to it + $network, $funds to it + $income)}
<h5>the 1830s</h5>
Your goal in this time period is to get momentum to 15. For each 10 slaves freed, you will add 1 to momentum.
{(if: $freed > 9)[(set: $plus to (floor:($freed/10)))You added $plus to momentum.(set:($momentum to it + $plus))]}
You can choose from:
(text:$current's 1st) | (text:$current's 2nd) | (text:$current's 3rd)
{(click: $current's 1st)[(go-to: 1st of $current)]
(click: $current's 2nd)[(go-to: 2nd of $current)]
(click: $current's 3rd)[(go-to: 3rd of $current)]}<h4>Recruit an Agent</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.]
(else:)[Agents took the dangerous job of finding runaway slaves and connecting them to the Underground Railroad. They were also sometimes called shepherds. You spent $2 and added 1 to your network.(set: $funds to it -2, $network to it + 1, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Recruit a Shepherd</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.]
(else:)[Shepherds took the dangerous job of finding runaway slaves and connecting them to the Underground Railroad. They were also sometimes called agents. You spent $2 and added 1 to your network.(set: $funds to it -2, $network to it + 1, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Recruit a Conductor</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.]
(else:)[Conductors would lead runaway slaves on their journey to the next resting place. You spent $3 and added 2 to your network, 1 to momentum and 1 to fervor.(set: $funds to it -3, $network to it + 2, $mometnum to it + 1, $fervor to it +1, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Recruit a Stationmaster</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.]
(else:)[Stationmasters would shelter runaway slaves and help them get ready for the next leg of their journey. You spent $3 and added 2 to your network.(set: $funds to it -3, $network to it + 2, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Recruit a Stockholder</h4>
{(if: $momentum < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough momentum.]
(else:)[Stockholder was the codeword for someone who raised funds for the Underground Railroad. You spent 2 momentum and added 2 to your income.(set: $momentum to it -2, $income to it +2, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Recruit a Preacher</h4>
{(if: $funds < 4)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[Preacher was the codeword for a leader of the Underground Railroad (though they often were ministers). You spent $4 and added 2 to momentum, 1 to fervor, and 1 to your income.(set: $funds to it -4, $momentum to it +2, $fervor to it + 1, $income to it +1, $cycle to it +1)]}
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{(if: $cycle < 5)[[[next|cycle2]] ]}
(else:)[[[next|cycle5]] ]<h4>Ripley, Ohio</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[Ripley's adjacency to the Ohio River and its proximity to the slave state of Kentucky made it an important stop on the railroad.
You spent $3 and added 2 to network.(set: $funds to it -3, $network to it +2, $cycle to it +1)]}
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>St. Catherines, Ontario</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[St. Catherines was the final stop on the Underground Railroad for hundreds of slaves in the 1830s.
You spent $3 and added 1 to momentum and 1 to network.(set: $momentum to it +1, $network to it + 1, $funds to it -3,$cycle to it +1)]}
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>David Walker</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[David Walker's *Appeal to Colored Citizens of the World* called for black citizens to work against oppression through education and religion.
You spent $2 and added 3 to momentum and 1 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +3, $fervor to it + 1, $funds to it -2,$cycle to it +1)]}
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>The Liberator</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[*The Liberator*, an abolitionist newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison, ran continuously for 35 years.
You spent $2 and added 5 to momentum and 2 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +5, $fervor to it + 2, $funds to it -2,$cycle to it +1)]}
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>Theodore Weld</h4>
An architect of the abolitionist movement, Weld also co-authored *American Slavery As It Is: Testimonial of 1000 Witnesses*.
You added 2 to funds, 3 to momentum, and 1 to freed.(set: $momentum to it +3, $freed to it + 1, $funds to it +2,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>Lane Theological Seminary</h4>
One of the first public dialogs on slavery was organized by Theodore Dwight Weld and held over 18 days at the Seminary in 1834.
You added 2 to funds, 3 to momentum, and 1 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +3, $fervor to it + 1, $funds to it +2,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>Southern Church Correspondence</h4>
Churches were often one of the few places slaves were allowed to congregate, allowing mail to be passed along.
You added 4 to funds.(set: $funds to it +4,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>John Greenleaf Whittier</h4>
A founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Whittier was a strong lobbyist and poet.
You added 1 to funds, 3 to momentum, and 1 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +3, $fervor to it + 1, $funds to it +1,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>Ohio River</h4>
The river was often referred to as the "Jordan River" by slaves on the run, as they crossed it to freedom in the North.
You added 1 to fervor, 2 to freed, and 1 to network.(set: $fervor to it + 1, $income to it +1, $freed to it +2, $network to it +1,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]<h4>Quakers</h4>
The first American denomination to teach that slavery is evil and should be abolished, Quakers played many roles in the abolitionist movement.
You added 3 to funds and 1 to income.(set: $funds to it + 3, $income to it +1,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle2]]You can choose from:
{(if: $cycle is 2)[
(text:$current's 4th) | (text:$current's 5th) | (text:$current's 6th)
(click: $current's 4th)[(go-to: 4th of $current)]
(click: $current's 5th)[(go-to: 5th of $current)]
(click: $current's 6th)[(go-to: 6th of $current)] ]
(else-if: $cycle is 3)[
(text:$current's 7th) | (text:$current's 8th) | (text:$current's 9th)
(click: $current's 7th)[(go-to: 7th of $current)]
(click: $current's 8th)[(go-to: 8th of $current)]
(click: $current's 9th)[(go-to: 9th of $current)] ]
(else:)[(go-to:"opps1")]
(set: $freed to it + $network, $funds to it + $income)}(if: $oppsOne's length <2)[(go-to: "fail")]
(if: $fervor < 10)[(go-to: 1st of $oppsOne)]
(else:)[(set: $repeat to false)
(go-to: 1st of $oppsOne)]<h4>Congressional Gag Rules</h4>
Pro-slavery forces set up a series of procedural rules that prevented any petitions to abolish slavery from ever coming to light in Congress.
Momentum is decreased by 5 and fervor by 2.
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{(set: $momentum to it -5, $fervor to it -2)
(set: $oppsOne to it - (a: $oppsOne's 1st))
(if: $fervor > 9 and $repeat is true)[<!- another opp -->Pro-slavery fervor remains high.
[[next|opps1]] ]
(else:)[<!- go to check for next decade -->]}
[[next|cycle3]]<h4>Illegal slave trade</h4>
The act outlawing the slave trade in 1808 furnished another source of demand for fast vessels, and for another half century ships continued to be fitted out and financed in this trade by many a respectable citizen in the majority of American ports. Newspapers of the fifties contain occasional references to the number of ships sailing from the various cities in this traffic. One account stated that as late as 1859 there were seven slavers regularly fitted out in New York, and many more in all the larger ports.
Momentum is decreased by 5 and fervor by 2.
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{(set: $momentum to it -5, $fervor to it -2)
(set: $oppsOne to it - (a: $oppsOne's 1st))
(if: $fervor > 9 and $repeat is true)[<!- another opp -->Pro-slavery fervor remains high.
[[next|opps1]] ]
(else:)[<!- go to check for next decade -->]}
[[next|cycle3]]<h4>Pennsylvania Hall fire</h4>
A series of meetings took place in the hall; some dealt with the women’s suffrage movement, others concerned the abolitionist movement. The presence of women speaking at the podium and whites and African Americans advocating for the abolition of slavery as well as women’s suffrage was more than the enemies of equality and freedom could bear. On the night of May 17, 1838, a mob congregated outside the hall. A messenger was sent to ask for police protection; but no help was sent, and the hall was set ablaze.
Momentum is decreased by 3, funds by 2, and fervor by 1.
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{(set: $momentum to it -3, $funds to it -2, $fervor to it -1)
(set: $oppsOne to it - (a: $oppsOne's 1st))
(if: $fervor > 9 and $repeat is true)[<!- another opp -->Pro-slavery fervor remains high.
[[next|opps1]] ]
(else:)[<!- go to check for next decade -->]}
[[next|cycle3]]<h4>Elijah P. Lovejoy</h4>
Lovejoy, editor of the antislavery paper *The Alton Observer* was shot by a pro-slavery mob as they attempted to burn down his warehouse..
Momentum is decreased by 3 and fervor by 1.
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{(set: $momentum to it -3, $fervor to it -1)
(set: $oppsOne to it - (a: $oppsOne's 1st))
(if: $fervor > 9 and $repeat is true)[<!- another opp -->Pro-slavery fervor remains high.
[[next|opps1]] ]
(else:)[<!- go to check for next decade -->]}
[[next|cycle3]]<h4>Farren Riots</h4>
Four nights of rioting erupted July 9, 1834 in New York City as a result of anti-abolitionist activity.
Momentum is decreased by 4 and fervor by 1.
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{(set: $momentum to it -4, $fervor to it -1)
(set: $oppsOne to it - (a: $oppsOne's 1st))
(if: $fervor > 9 and $repeat is true)[<!- another opp -->Pro-slavery fervor remains high.
[[next|opps1]] ]
(else:)[<!- go to check for next decade -->]}
[[next|cycle3]](if: $momentum > 14)[(go-to: "cycle4")]
(else:)[(set: $cycle to 1)(go-to: "cycle1")]Sorry, you fail.{(set: $current to (shuffled:(...($eventsZero + $eventsTwo))))
(set: $freed to it + $network, $funds to it + $income)}
<h5>the 1840s</h5>
Your goal in this time period is to get momentum to 35. For each 10 slaves freed, you will add 1 to momentum.
{(if: $freed > 9)[(set: $plus to (floor:($freed/10)))You added $plus to momentum.(set:($momentum to it + $plus))]}
You can choose from:
(text:$current's 1st) | (text:$current's 2nd) | (text:$current's 3rd)
{(click: $current's 1st)[(go-to: 1st of $current)]
(click: $current's 2nd)[(go-to: 2nd of $current)]
(click: $current's 3rd)[(go-to: 3rd of $current)]}<h4>Amistad Rebellion</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[Amistad mutiny, (July 2, 1839), slave rebellion that took place on the slave ship *Amistad* near the coast of Cuba and had important political and legal repercussions in the American abolition movement. The mutineers were captured and tried in the United States, and a surprising victory for the country’s antislavery forces resulted in 1841 when the U.S. Supreme Court freed the rebels.
You spent $2 and added 2 to momentum, 3 to fervor, and 2 to freed.(set: $momentum to it +2, $fervor to it + 3, $funds to it -2, $free to it +2, $cycle to it +1)]}
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[[next|cycle5]]You can choose from:
{(if: $cycle is 4)[
(text:$current's 4th) | (text:$current's 5th) | (text:$current's 6th)
(click: $current's 4th)[(go-to: 4th of $current)]
(click: $current's 5th)[(go-to: 5th of $current)]
(click: $current's 6th)[(go-to: 6th of $current)] ]
(else-if: $cycle is 5)[
(text:$current's 7th) | (text:$current's 8th) | (text:$current's 9th)
(click: $current's 7th)[(go-to: 7th of $current)]
(click: $current's 8th)[(go-to: 8th of $current)]
(click: $current's 9th)[(go-to: 9th of $current)] ]
(else:)[(go-to:"opps2")]
(set: $freed to it + $network, $funds to it + $income)}<h4>The North Star</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[Frederick Douglas used *The North Star* as a vehicle for exploring the Constitution, emancipation, and women's rights.
You spent $2 and added 4 to momentum and 2 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +4, $fervor to it + 2, $funds to it -2, $cycle to it +1)] }
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[[next|cycle5]]<h4>Mexico</h4>
Some slaves escaped to Mexico where slavery had been abolished in 1829. Slaveholders knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, and the U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty, compelling Mexico to return escaped slaves. But Mexico refused to sign such a treaty.
You added 1 to fervor, 2 to freed, and 1 to network.(set: $fervor to it + 1, $income to it +1, $freed to it +2, $network to it +1,$cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle5]]<h4>Anthony Brown</h4>
{(if: $funds < 3)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)[Frederick Douglas used *The North Star* as a vehicle for exploring the Constitution, emancipation, and women's rights.
You spent $3 and added 4 to momentum, 1 to freed, and 1 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +4, $fervor to it + 1, $funds to it -3, $freed to it +1, $cycle to it +1)] }
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[[next|cycle5]]<h4>Frederick Douglass</h4>
Douglas traveled to Great Britain, published newspapers, and spoke on the condition of the black race as well as women's rights.
You added 2 to funds, 5 to momentum and 2 to fervor.(set: $fervor to it + 2, $funds to it +2, $momentum to it +5, $cycle to it +1)
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[[next|cycle5]](if: $oppsTwo's length <2)[(go-to: "fail")]
(if: $fervor < 10)[(go-to: 1st of $oppsTwo)]
(else:)[(set: $repeat to false)
(go-to: 1st of $oppsTwo)]<h4>William Lloyd Garrison</h4>
{(if: $funds < 2)[Sorry, you don't have enough funds.(set: $cycle to it +1)]
(else:)["I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD."
You spent $2 and added 4 to momentum, 1 to income and 1 to fervor.(set: $momentum to it +4, $fervor to it + 1, $funds to it -2, $income to it +1, $cycle to it +1)] }
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[[next|cycle5]]<h4>Uncle Tom's Cabin</h4><h4>Oberlin, Ohio</h4><h4>Tappans</h4>