The Second Great Awakening

1820-1859 Protestantism was revived in North America Equality among all – Activists Frederick Douglass advocated equality for

women and slaves

The Second Great Awakening

Frederick Douglass

Jennifer QuagliaAli Johnson

Full name: Frederick Augustus Washington

Bailey Born February 1818 in Maryland Mother: Harriet Bailey Education – Taught himself to read Worked as a slave in Maryland, became a field

hand, and then worked as a ship builder.

Biography

Biography, continued

Two escape attempts: First was a failure, the second a success

Anne Murray, Helen Pitts

Had three sons and one daughter

Death in 1895

Abolitionist Movement

Early 1830s

Anti-American Society founded in 1833

Inspired by religious principles and republican ideology

Religious Abolitionists

Political Abolitionists Radical and Militant

Abolitionists

Abolitionist Contributions

Autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Did not assume the Constitution was a pro-slavery document

Did not advocate the dissolution of the Union

Abolitionist Contributions

Conferred with Abraham Lincoln

Recruited Northern blacks for Union Army

Underground Railroad

Lectured against Slavery in England

Changed the way in which the Civil War was

viewed Publicized the abolitionist movement

Effect of his Contributions in the Abolitionist Movement

One of the only men who represented

women’s rights Set precedent for other abolitionists

Effect of his Contributions to the Feminist Movement

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