Abolitionist
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Abolitionist activity from the 1700s
Most political efforts were toward COMPROMISE, rather than principle
1807 Outlawed foreign slave trade
Abolitionist remained a minority in the US/ only during the Civil War did majority approve it.
Anti-slavery movement led by freed slaves, white middle class women (early feminists), ministers and volatile reformists (Many saw these as fringe and nuts)
Working class whites opposed abolition because freed slaves would compete for jobs and wages
Alternatives to emancipation were back to Africa movements
VIII.
Very strong press arose, including religious press. One idea was the God would punish the US for continuing slavery
1835 using the steam press and stereotyping technologies for more efficient printing
William Lloyd Garrsion worked for Ben Lundys The Genius of Universal Emancipation. But Garrison was opposed to GRADUAL EMANCIPATION. Supported immediate emancipation. Got Lundy paper closed down Founded the LIBERATOR in Boston in 1831. Continuously called for immediate emancipation
Nat Turners bloody rebellion was a setback. People tended to blame radical abolitionists.
Elijah Lovejoy- Tested Emancipation in the border states of Missiouri and Illinois
Established the OBSERVER in St. Louis, but had to flee to Alton, ILL. For anti-slaver and anti-Catholic views
Illinois dependent on SOUTHERN TRADE. Asked him to stop publishing