Abolitionist Movement
Andrew McIntosh Joey Phillips
Summary
The Abolitionist Movement was a social movement beginning in the early 1830's, that reached for the immediate freeing of all slaves in American and the abrupt end of racial discrimination and segregation. There were many different stances by abolitionists of this movement. Some believe a militant approach was the only way this goal could be achieved while others believed in peaceful and gradual actions were a better solution. This movement had resounding influence all the way into the 1900's even though it declared it's mission complete in 1870 when the 15th amendment extended male suffrage to African Americans.
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Important Events
March 2, 1820-Missouri CompromiseAugust 21, 1831-Nat Turner Rebellion
Jan 1, 1833-The Emancipator begins publishing
Feb 1, 1836-Gag Rule
sept 18, 1850, Fugitive Slave Act
May 24, 1856-Pottawatomie Massacre
Oct 16, 1859-John Brown Raid
Jan 13, 1863- Emancipation Proclamation
Dec 6, 1865-Thirteenth Amendment
Important People
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)
-Published his own paper, "The Liberator" in Baltimore alongside Isaac Knapp.
-Wrote against slavery and about the immediate emancipation of enslaved persons.
-Very Militant Stand
-In 1832 published the Thoughts on African Colonization
-Wanted a completely new government with slavery abolished from the very beginning
-Found two societies; New England Antislavery Society (1832) and American Antislavery Society (1833).
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)
-Escaped from slavery in Maryland
-Known as a brilliant thinker and public speaker
-Published his own Newspaper, North Star
-wrote, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, an autobiography which quickly sold 4,500 copies in 1845
-Freedom was later purchased by English supporters for $710.96.
-Argued the constitution wasn't a direct pro-slavery document.
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
-One of the most famous female African American Abolitionists.
-Gained freedom in 1827 when New York freed all remaining enslaved people
-Despite her illiteracy was a very skilled speaker
-Later got involved in the Women's Rights movement
-Supported herself by selling copies of a book of her life story, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
-Had an essay written by Harriete Stowe called, The Libyan Sibyl
The American Colonization Society
ReplyDeleteThe Society half-way supports the Abolitionist Movement. There are two opposing sides in our Society, the abolitionists and the slave owners. The abolitionists support this cause, obviously, but the slave owners would rather send their freed slaves back to Africa than to release many of them into our county. Our Society's purpose is to send those slaves to Africa to give them a new start.
By: Madeleine Edge and Emma Hyland
I, Fredrick Douglass, am apart of the Abolition Movement. So I agree with this movement. I was a slave and I have been through many terrible thing because I was a slave so I think the abolition movement is a god thing.
ReplyDelete-Annabel Moore & Camille Settles
I think the abolition movement is a good thing.**
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Elizabeth Cad Stanton
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Abolitionist Movement because I fought for an end to slavery. I firmly believed in a universal franchise that empowered blacks and whites, men and women.
Mary Keaton and Elizabeth
As mentioned in the blog above, William Lloyd Garrison is often recognized as one of the most prominent faces of the abolition movement, with his avid debates and newspaper, the Liberator, helps spread the abolition movement to all Americans.
ReplyDeleteTrey&Ben shoutout to all the pears (the fruit)
Sojourner Truth
ReplyDeleteTruth was a famous female African American abolitionists. She worked and spoke with Garrison and Douglass. Truth spoke around the country on women's rights and slavery.
Lauren Brown & Raychel Bahnick
Cooper: Cooper would have shared the same views as the Abolition Movement because it was the end of slavery. It was also the end of racial discrimination and segregation. Cooper would have agreed with this because the Native Americans were being treated unjustly as a race and being segregated into a group and being pushed off the land.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with the Abolition Movement! Slavery is morally wrong and should be abolished. I have written many works to help spread the word of the Abolition Movement and hopefully to help end slavery. This is not just a Southern problem but a Northern one as well. We must peaceably solve this problem together.
ReplyDeleteLove Catherine Beecher
Emily Marshall & Micah Swift
2nd Great Awakening
ReplyDeleteIt gives us deep satisfaction to see that people are carrying on the 2nd great Awakening. As a movement that pushed religion we love to see people having their indelible rights meet. Through religion you can see that all people are equal, as the Abolition Movement was fighting for
Paul Reid and Luke Reid
Lyman Beecher
ReplyDeleteThe abolition movement gives me greatest satisfaction, knowing that no person will be judged by the color of their skin but will be judged by the content of their character. Segregation and racial discrimination is over! Praise God for that.
Luke Payne and Jimmy Stiveson
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ReplyDeleteI believe in the Abolition Movement, i have supported the freeing of slaves from the beginning. For every single human being is created equal, including men and women!
Chandler Head and Weston Payne
Charles Grandison Finney
ReplyDeleteNolan Mullican
The Abolition Movement is a fine example of equality in our nation. My Clergy and I fully back you in all ways. All men and women are equal and deserve freedom.