Radical Actions of Abolitionis
DBQ: Radical Actions of Abolitionists Thesis: By 1836 the abolitionists acted radically by demanding an immediate end to slavery and recognition of equality. Written for Document Based Question section on the Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam. Before 1836, the abolition movement was restricted to a few northern radicals. However, organized societies and effective campaigning, increased northern support against slavery while free blacks used their freedom to organize slave resistance in the South. By 1836 the abolitionists acted radically
In The Liberator (Document D), Garrison expresses the radical idea that there is need for severity to end slavery immediately. The movement was radicalized even further with abolitionist rejection of colonization. Many abolitionists still supported the American Colonization Society. According to David Walker's, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, America is more the blacks country than it is the whites. by demanding an immediate end to slavery and recognition of equality. Document E insists that it is within the best interest of abolitionist to act immediately, while Document F calls for immediate abolition, because slavery is a sin. Peter Williams' request for equal privileges and end to prejudices (Document B) was not supported by most of the north, who supported emancipation not because they believed in racial equality, but because they felt slavery was an unjust Southern advantage. Abolitionists such as Henry Highland Garnet called slaves to rise up and secure liberty with resistance. While the abolitionist movement turned radical in 1836, many abolitionists remained conservative. Unfortunately, because some abolitionists became radical, the movement separated. The American Anti-Slavery Society distributed pamphlets throughout the North to gain support for emancipation. (Document C) The radical abolitionists of 1836, rejected colonization as described in Document A. By introducing the idea that slavery is immoral, abolitionists radicalized the movement. Blacks believed that the prosperity of the United States was due to their own hard work.
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