-Emerged in the 1830s after the Second Great Awakening
-American Anti-Slavery Society -Attracted thousands - Condemned slavery on moral grounds -Wanted immediate emancipation -Women in abolitionism -Barred from anti-slavery conventions -Formed their own organizations -Raised lots of money for the cause -Wide-spread rejection -Abolitionists' moral approach was rejected -Forced them to reconsider -Abolitionism and religion -Many people separated -American and Foreign anti-slavery society -Gained support of religions to gain a more prominent role -Never worked in northern churches -Abolitionism and politics -Tried to get legislatures to pass bills -No one showed interest -Made their own Political Party in 1840 -Liberty Party -Still did not have enough support -Many Garrisonians opposed any involvement in politics -"Gag rule" -Against anti-slavery petitions The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens including African Americans. The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (Source from History Tunes - see bibliography) |