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The Second Great Awakening and the
Abolitionist Movement!
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The Second !Great Awakening!• During the early 1800s, the
U.S. experienced a religious revival movement called the Second Great Awakening !
• This movement began in rural areas but spread to cities by the 1820s and involved spiritual revival and the call for social reform !
• Women played a significant role in this revivalism with many women volunteering at protestant churches !
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The Second !Great Awakening!• During the Second Great
Awakening many Christians began to speak out forcefully against slavery, which they considered to be a sin !
• Many northerners opposed slavery on moral grounds, but others simply wanted to stop the spread of slavery in order to gain political advantage !
• For both reasons, northern anti-slavery sentiment grew stronger in the 1820s and 30s and the abolition movement gained many supporters !
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William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society!• William Lloyd Garrison was a
white abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer!
• He founded the abolitionist newspaper, the Liberator
• He also founded the American Anti-Slavery Society !
• Contrary to the belief of most anti-slavery Northerners, he believed that, in time, all blacks would be equal in every way to the country's white citizens!
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“I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest – I will not equivocate – I will not excuse – I will not retreat a single inch – AND I WILL BE HEARD.” !
– From the first issue of the Liberator!
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Frederick Douglass and his gift as an orator!• Frederick Douglass
was a prominent African American abolitionist, author and orator!
• After escaping slavery he spent his life using his gift as public speaker to raise awareness about the issue of slavery and promote abolitionism !