The Northern Abolitionist Movement
America had always been home to people who felt that slavery was wrong and should be eliminated. These people, called abolitionists because they wanted to abolish or...
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Abolition of Slavery
United States 1863-1865
Synopsis
By early 1861, just before the beginning of the American Civil War (sometimes also called the War Between the States and the War for Southern Inde...
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Abolitionists
In colonial North America, the nonviolent Society of Friends stood almost alone in condemning slavery, which has led to the common misperception that the American antislavery movement wa...
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As an American, one is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen. One can vote, hold office, drive any vehicle or own land. However, at one point in time African Americans were not entitl...
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The Northern Abolitionist Movement
Abolition of Slavery: United States
Abolitionists
