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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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