Anti-Slavery And The Abolitionist Movement

“Power concedes nothing with a demand. It never did and it never will. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men”. The abolitionist movement is something of the past, but it’s impact helped change the United States for many years. The organizations that developed, and the people who helped, supported the theories of slavery and it’s effects.

Anti-slavery societies beliefs affected the time period causing the “Abolitionist Movement” throughout the North and South. To begin, the abolitionists society had many opinions about slavery and since many people opposed slavery, Quakers and other religious groups based their opinions upon faith and thoughts of slavery as anti-Christian.
Abolitionists rebelled against their own community and started schools for black children, in which they also supported and spoke publicly about emancipation of slaves. Many people agreed with the American anti-slavery societies beliefs and as a result, many organizations increased and developed. Other societies such as the “African Abolition Freehold Society” and the African Female Anti-Slavery Society were soon about to make a huge impact on many people’s views. The main figures of this society were, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Lydia Marie Child, Marie Chapman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, James Forten, Frederick Douglass, Abigail Kelley Foster, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Since there was a good amount of people in
Frederick Douglass was born as a slave and was raised by his grandmother Betsy Bailey. Frederick’s mother died when he was just a baby, and he was told that his father was his master but he never had enough courage to ask his master himself. Douglass and his grandmother never received any special treatment, and managed to live in log cabin just like any other slave. When Douglass was set free from his master he decided to supported the Union Cause by encouraging black people to volunteer for military service in the Union Army. The cause for this was because the Union needed more soldiers to fight and although the army was barely trained, they thought that if African Americans were fighting it would prove that the Union meant business. Douglass began traveling around the North, in order to find African Americans who were willing to fight. He did get a lot of volunteers but not enough, so Douglass developed a national profile as an abolitionist orator (public speaker). Douglass did not only publicly speak, but he also became an author, lecturer, and advocate for abolition. One of Douglass’ most famous abolitionist newspaper articles was “The North Star”. The paper supported women’s rights and education for blacks. Douglass told his readers of his newspaper that