The Abolitionist Movement of Slavery from the Early 19th Century to the American Civil War

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At the dawn of the 19th century, slavery in the United States faced an uncertain future. Many had predicted that Industrial America would eventually eradicate slavery, but the introduction of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin impeded those predictions. This increased the profitability of slavery as each decade passed until the time of the American Civil War. This offended most people of America, especially Northerners. People who are against slavery and are willing to take action and end the practice of slavery are known as abolitionists. These “anti-slaveryites” took huge risks and went through drastic punishments all to end the very nuisance that flawed America, slavery. Slavery is the practice or system of owning slaves, and slaves are people who are held in servitude and as property. In the early 19th century, the United States established a series of statutes and penal codes which were enacted in many states to regulate the activity of slaves. These laws also regulated the behavior of former slaves or free African Americans. (http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/expan_slavery.html) After gaining a vast amount of land from the Louisiana Purchase, the question of slavery became geographical and political. This provided a period of national debate between pro-slavery and anti-slavery states who craved for political and economic advantages. Because of this dispute, between the North and the South, the Missouri Compromise was written, and passed in 1820. (http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/expan_slavery.html) The Missouri Compromise was written by a well-known Kentuckian, Henry Clay. He is known to be a gifted conciliator and played a lead role in the dispute. This Compromise was to balance the unevenness of Free states a... ... middle of paper ... ...eedom in 1826. She then went to court to recover her son, and shockingly won the case against a white male. Sojourner Truth was named Isabella Baumfree when she was born but she gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843. Wendell Phillips was prominent among the American Anti-Slavery Society which was founded in 1831. He is a Boston patrician, and he’s known as "abolition's golden trumpet". He was a man of strict principle, and so he wouldn't eat cane sugar or wear cotton cloth, because they were produced by southern slaves. Prominent among the American Anti-Slavery Society which was founded in 1831, was Wendell Phillips. He is a Boston patrician, and known as “abolition’s golden trumpet". He was a man of strict principle, and so he wouldn't eat cane sugar or wear cotton cloth, because they were both produced by southern slaves. Works Cited wikipedia.org,

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