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Abolitionist Movement
Goals of the Abolitionists:
• 1. End Slavery• 2. Equal Rights for all African Americans• 3. Educate the freed slaves• 4. Send the former slaves out of the US
• All abolitionists had the first goal. The other 3 goals varied among different abolitionists.
Abolitionist Principles
• 1. Slavery is morally wrong and inhuman.• 2. All men are created equal• 3. Slavery is not profitable.• 4. Slavery is cruel and unusual.
2 Types of Abolitionists
Militant Abolitionists• They believed it was
necessary to defy or break laws upholding slavery.
• Some proposed the use of violence (rebellion, riots, etc.)
• Examples:• Henry Garnet• John Brown• Underground Railroad
Moderate Abolitionists• They wanted to end slavery
by appealing to the conscience of white Americans and electing officials who were against slavery.
• End slavery by changing the law.
• Examples:• Liberty Party• Frederick Douglass• Sojourner Truth
Gradual Abolition of Slavery
• Underground Railroad• Colonization Movement: American
Colonization Society• Elect abolitionist officials• Pay slaveowners to free slaves
Immediate Abolition
• Massive Slave Rebellion• Federal Law against Slavery• Constitutional Amendment