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Nat Turner insurrectionist, former slave (American) Denmark Vesey insurrectionist, former slave (American) Benjamin Wade (American) David Walker (abolitionist) (son of a slave, American) Samuel Ringgold Ward (born into slavery, American) Theodore Dwight Weld (American) Charles Augustus Wheaton (American) Underground Railroad Operator, New York [31]
American abolitionism began well before the United States was founded as a nation. In 1652, Rhode Island made it illegal for any person, black or white, to be "bound" longer than ten years. The law, however, was widely ignored, [10] and Rhode Island became involved in the slave trade in 1700. [11]
Abolitionism in the United States; Category:African-American abolitionists; John Brown's raiders#Black participation; List of notable opponents of slavery; Slavery in the United States; Texas Revolution; Underground Railroad; United States Colored Troops
South Carolina army officer, planter, and railroad executive James Gadsden called slavery "a social blessing" and abolitionists "the greatest curse of the nation". [81] Gadsden was in favor of South Carolina's secession in 1850, and was a leader in efforts to split California into two states, one slave and one free .
American abolitionists by state (22 C) A. African-American abolitionists (219 P) American reparationists (30 P) B. John Brown (abolitionist) (3 C, 24 P) L.
Read More: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in 1830’s America. The first few decades of the 19th century saw a steady rise in anti-slavery thought and activity. In this period, Rankin worked ...
Outside influences shaped the intellectual attitude of the Liberty Party, especially after 1844. The abolitionist movement existed within what Ronald G. Walters called a "reform tradition" in American history; many abolitionists, including Liberty leaders, were active in the early feminist, temperance, nonresistant, and utopian socialist movements.
In 1850, a public meeting was held in Wayne County. The subject: denouncing federal law that made assisting runaway slaves a crime.