Abolitionist Movement

Goals of the Abolitionists:

• 1. End Slavery• 2. Equal Rights for all African Americans• 3. Educate the freed slaves• 4. Send the former slaves out of the US

• All abolitionists had the first goal. The other 3 goals varied among different abolitionists.

Abolitionist Principles

• 1. Slavery is morally wrong and inhuman.• 2. All men are created equal• 3. Slavery is not profitable.• 4. Slavery is cruel and unusual.

2 Types of Abolitionists

Militant Abolitionists• They believed it was

necessary to defy or break laws upholding slavery.

• Some proposed the use of violence (rebellion, riots, etc.)

• Examples:• Henry Garnet• John Brown• Underground Railroad

Moderate Abolitionists• They wanted to end slavery

by appealing to the conscience of white Americans and electing officials who were against slavery.

• End slavery by changing the law.

• Examples:• Liberty Party• Frederick Douglass• Sojourner Truth

Gradual Abolition of Slavery

• Underground Railroad• Colonization Movement: American

Colonization Society• Elect abolitionist officials• Pay slaveowners to free slaves

Immediate Abolition

• Massive Slave Rebellion• Federal Law against Slavery• Constitutional Amendment