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SUNYS Social Justice Reform Movement & American Civil War Essay

 

Characterize the abolitionist movements (white and black) in the mid-1800s? Note their purpose, their strategies and their goals. Take into account the various activities in which the abolitionists engaged.

Address one or more of the following questions:

  • What were the range of abolitionist or anti-slavery activities that African Americans pursued?
  • How was the abolition movement affected by other social and economic changes such as the rise in literacy, new print technology, and ideas associated with the market revolution?
  • How was racism evident in the abolitionist movement?
  • How did white women’s participation in the abolitionist movement push the
  • m to a new understanding of their own rights and oppression?
  • How did the antislavery movement give rise to a new understanding of citizenship and the rights it afforded?
  • What place did colonization occupy in the abolitionist movement?