Abolitionist-outline
I. Abolitionist activity from the 1700s
II. Most political efforts were toward COMPROMISE, rather than principle
III. 1807 Outlawed foreign slave trade
IV. Abolitionist remained a minority in the US/ only during the Civil War did majority approve it.
V. Anti-slavery movement led by freed slaves, white middle class women (early feminists), ministers and volatile reformists (Many saw these as fringe and nuts)
VI. Working class whites opposed abolition because freed slaves would compete for jobs and wages
VII. Alternatives to emancipation were back to Africa movements
VIII. Very strong press arose, including religious press. One idea was the God would punish the US for continuing slavery
IX. 1835 using the steam press and stereotyping technologies for more efficient printing
William Lloyd Garrsion worked for Ben Lundy's The Genius of Universal Emancipation. But Garrison was opposed to GRADUAL EMANCIPATION. Supported immediate emancipation. Got Lundy......
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