Abolitionism in America

Abolitionism in America

Introduction

Abolition refers to the immediate and unconditional end to slavery. In the United States, abolition movements offered varied plans of reform, with conservative, moderate, and radical approaches. Many abolitionists, although not all, believed in racial equality; many also cooperated with international efforts to halt slavery. The idea of opposing slavery makes it abolitionism. The movement to abolish slavery was one of many reforming efforts that arose in American religious circles in the 1820s and 1830s. Abolitionist Movement in America was a result of gradualism and colonization on the basis of morality and human rights, which will be focused in this paper. ...