Cuffe in 1815,
thinking that free slaves would have a better life if they didn't face
racial discrimination, took 38 blacks to Africa with him. In 1829, David
Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, endorsed a more
radical position than anyone before. In 1834, Theodore Weld, a young
religious man, led a revival among the students at Lane Seminary in
Cincinnati. Many of the students converted to the doctrine which called
for immediate emancipation, most of the conservative trustees suppressed
all anti-slavery legislation. Weld and his followers, then went from to!
wn to town preaching anti-slavery messages. The Underground Railroad was a
big key in the fight against slavery. "Conductors" would take slaves on
the back country roads at night until they either reached the north or
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