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In Congress, antislavery petitions were tabled (thanks to the infamous “gag rule”). Moreover, Southerners sought to prevent the spread of abolitionist ideas by censoring the mail and asking ...
The American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) is a non-profit coalition of abolitionist organizations that engages in political activism to abolish slavery in the world. It raises awareness of contemporary slavery, particularly among the chattel slaves of Mauritania and Sudan, raises funds to support relief and aid to enslaved populations and escaped former slaves, and lobbies government officials to ...
However, James Stewart advocates a more nuanced understanding of the relationship of abolition and anti-slavery prior to the Civil War: While instructive, the distinction [between anti-slavery and abolition] can also be misleading, especially in assessing abolitionism's political impact.
American Abolitionists and Antislavery Activists. April 4, 2021. — comprehensive list of abolitionist and anti-slavery activists and organizations in the United States, including the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Website includes historic biographies and anti-slavery timelines, bibliographies, etc.
Douglass used the allegory of the "man from another country" during the speech, [7] arguing that abolitionists should take a moment to examine the plainly written text of the Constitution instead of secret meanings, saying, "It is not whether slavery existed ... at the time of the adoption of the Constitution" nor that "those slaveholders, in their hearts, intended to secure certain advantages ...
Hope for Justice, identifies and rescues victims, advocates on their behalf, provides restorative care which rebuilds lives and trains frontline professionals to tackle slavery. [13] Ing Makababaying Aksyon (Filipino) International Justice Mission, an anti-trafficking organization.
Boucher, Chauncey S. "In Re That Aggressive Slavocracy," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 8#1 (June–September, 1921), pp. 13–79 in JSTOR; says slave owners were not united. Brooks, Corey M. Liberty Power: Antislavery Third Parties and the Transformation of American Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2016). 302 pp. Craven, Avery.
The antislavery issue entered the mainstream of American politics through the Free Soil Party (1848–1854) and subsequently the Republican Party (founded in 1854). In 1870, the American Anti-Slavery Society was formally dissolved, after the Civil War, Emancipation and the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [32]