Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement was one of the major events that impacted slavery in America. The Second Great Awakening was one of the events that made abolitionist realize the sin of slavery, which eventually led to the Abolitionist Movement. It was not only one, or two but a group of different people who raised awareness about slavery. The abolitionists were men and women of good will and colors who faced the cruel choice that people in many ages have had thrust upon them. Frederick Douglass, William Garrison and Sojourner Truth were three important abolitionists who impacted slavery in a great manner.
Frederick Douglass an abolitionist who was once a slave who suffered. Even though Frederick escaped to the North when he was 21 in 1838, abolitionist did not discover him until 1841. Frederick began to give anti-slavery speeches, which was how the abolitionists found him. Nothing could stop Frederick from giving lectures about anti-slavery, not even threats or beatings. Fredrick was now an important person that affected the society and slavery as a whole; he became the most prominent of the black abolitionists. In 1845, his classic autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published. The narrative described his challenges as a child born in Maryland and raised with a black slave mother and abandoned by a white father. Also, his difficulties in reading and writing. Frederick’s speech amazed everyone, Mary A. Estlin said: “Our expectations were highly roused by his narrative, his printed speeches, and the eulogisms of the friends with whom he has been staying: but he far exceeds the picture we had formed both in outward graces, intellectual power and culture, and eloquence.” Many abolitionists, including Frederick, used politics as a way to end slavery; therefore they backed the political parties. First they backed the Liberal party in 1840 then the Free Soil party in 1848, and finally the Republican Party in 1850s.
The Abolitionist Movement was one of the major events that impacted slavery in America. The Second Great Awakening was one of the events that made abolitionist realize the sin of slavery, which eventually led to the Abolitionist Movement. It was not only one, or two but a group of different people who raised awareness about slavery. The abolitionists were men and women of good will and colors who faced the cruel choice that people in many ages have had thrust upon them. Frederick Douglass, William Garrison and Sojourner Truth were three important abolitionists who impacted slavery in a great manner.
Frederick Douglass an abolitionist who was once a slave who suffered. Even though Frederick escaped to the North when he was 21 in 1838, abolitionist did not discover him until 1841. Frederick began to give anti-slavery speeches, which was how the abolitionists found him. Nothing could stop Frederick from giving lectures about anti-slavery, not even threats or beatings. Fredrick was now an important person that affected the society and slavery as a whole; he became the most prominent of the black abolitionists. In 1845, his classic autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published. The narrative described his challenges as a child born in Maryland and raised with a black slave mother and abandoned by a white father. Also, his difficulties in reading and writing. Frederick’s speech amazed everyone, Mary A. Estlin said: “Our expectations were highly roused by his narrative, his printed speeches, and the eulogisms of the friends with whom he has been staying: but he far exceeds the picture we had formed both in outward graces, intellectual power and culture, and eloquence.” Many abolitionists, including Frederick, used politics as a way to end slavery; therefore they backed the political parties. First they backed the Liberal party in 1840 then the Free Soil party in 1848, and finally the Republican Party in 1850s.