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Intersection of Abolitionism with Other Reform Movements
Abolitionism and Pacifism/Anti-War, Women’s Rights, and Modern Civil Rights Movement
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Author Suggested Illustrations, Tables, and Documents
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Introductory Overview Essay
Theory of Abolition Movement
Understanding Sources of Mobilization for Abolitionist Reform
Economic Change and Abolitionist Reform
Historical Development of Abolition Movement
Slave Resistance as Abolitionism
Gradual Abolitionism
Rise of Immediatist Abolitionism and Moral Suasion Tactics
Abolitionist Schism over Tactics
Black Abolitionists
Abolitionist Resistance to Fugitive Slave Law
Abolitionists and Territorial Question
Abolitionists, the Civil War, and Emancipation Policy
Abolitionists, Reconstruction, and Freedmen’s Rights
Key Moments
Freedom Journal founded (1820)
Founding of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)
Murder of Elijah Lovejoy (1837)
Burning of Pennsylvania Hall (1838)
James G. Birney Runs for President (1840 & 1844)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
Anthony Burns Rendition (1854)
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Legacy of the Abolitionist Movement
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