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The Abolitionists-1830s

The Abolitionists-1830s. By: Sara Falso. “Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.” -- Gamaliel Bailey.

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The Abolitionists-1830s

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  1. The Abolitionists-1830s By: Sara Falso

  2. “Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.” --Gamaliel Bailey “Where justice is denied, where poverty enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property be safe.” -Fredrick Douglass “I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice… I am earnest , I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.” - William Lloyd Garrison “Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and never will.” -Fredrick Dougless “With reasonable men, I will reason; With humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.” -William Lloyd Garrison “No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” -Fredrick Douglass “I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves” -Harriet Tubman

  3. Who were Abolitionists? • Quakers were abolitionists • Charles Finney and Theodore Weld were priests. They began to put the idea of abolition in people’s minds. • Angelina and Sarah Grimke were well known at the time. These sisters wrote about slavery and equal rights for women. • Former slaves were active abolitionists • Sojourner Truth, Henry Highland Garnet, and Charles Remondwere former slaves and active abolitionists • Fredrick Douglass was an important abolitionist • Harriet Jacobs wrote “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” • William Wells Brown wrote an antislavery play called “Clotel” • Harriet Tubman was a huge contributor to The Underground Railroad which was a system of escape for slaves leading to the north from the south.

  4. Henry Highland Garnet Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Sarah and Angelina Grimke Charles Remond

  5. More about Angelina and Sarah Grimke • Angelina wrote the pamplet“Appeal to the Christian Women of the South.” • They were the first female members of the Anti-Slavery Society • Together they wrote “American Slavery As It Is”

  6. Five main facts Abolition was a concept that had been around since slavery began. Many abolitionists disagreed about how much freedom slaves should have. Many abolitionists didn’t believe in slavery because of their religion. Many abolitionist wanted freed slaves to start colonies in Africa. Despite many being against it from the beginning, slavery wasn’t abolished until the Senate passed it as against the law in April 8, 1864 and adopted on December 18, 1865.

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