LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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destroy the souls of the slaveholders
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never be profitable
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violate the Constitution
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encourage more immigration from Ireland
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1836, Weld published her pamphlet An Appeal to Christian Women of the South, urging southern women to join the antislavery movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two early and prominent activists for abolition and women’s rights, Sarah Grimke (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimke Weld (1805-1879) were raised in the cradle of slavery on a plantation in South Carolina. The Grimke sisters, as they were known, grew to despise slavery after witnessing its cruel effects at a young age.
Detailed explanation-3: -A group of ministers wrote that it violated God’s order and was “unnatural.” But the sisters believed they were doing God’s work. They defended a woman’s right to speak against slavery and continued to do so themselves. On Monday, May 14, 1838, a four-day abolitionist convention began in Philadelphia.