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Abolition versus colonization rapidly became the primary issue on the campus, to the point that Storrs complained in writing that nothing else was being discussed. [72]: 26 The college's chaplain and theology professor Beriah Green said that "his Thoughts and his paper (The Liberator) are worthy of the eye and the heart of every American."
Abolition refers to the act of putting an end to something by law, and may refer to: Abolitionism, abolition of slavery; Abolition of the death penalty, also called ...
The first international attempt to address the abolition of slavery was the World Anti-Slavery Convention, organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society at Exeter Hall in London, on 12–23 June 1840. This was however an attempt made by NGOs, not by state and governments.
Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation. Abolitionism Shows How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement Skip to main content
Since the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1865, efforts have been made to eliminate other forms of slavery. In 1890, the Brussels Conference Act adopted a collection of anti-slavery measures to end the slave trade on land and sea. In 1904, the International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic was signed.
John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War.First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.
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Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery; Abolitionists; Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention; Anti-Slavery International; Blockade of Africa. U.K. U.S.