LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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to teach slaves to read and write
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to explain why slavery was necessary
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to convince others that slavery was wrong
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to help slaveholders capture escaped slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Abolition Movement describes activity that took place in the 1800s to the end of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -An abolitionist, as the name implies, is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century. More specifically, these individuals sought the immediate and full emancipation of all enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-3: -These groups sent petitions with thousands of signatures to Congress, held abolition meetings and conferences, boycotted products made with slave labor, printed mountains of literature, and gave innumerable speeches for their cause.
Detailed explanation-4: -There were lots of different factors that led to the 1833 Abolition Act. Slave revolts, home grown abolition movements, religious arguments, government policies and the economy.