HST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Lucretia Mott, Gag Rule, Seneca Falls Convention
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American colonization society 1816: goals: voluntary, gradual emancipation & resettlement of. Influenced by 2nd great awakening slaveholding is a sin. William lloyd garrison: editor of (cid:862)the li(cid:271)erator(cid:863) abolitionist newspaper 1831, promoted immediate emancipation. Activities and publications of black abolitionists: david walker (cid:862)appeal to the colored citize(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1006)(cid:1013, frederick douglass escaped slave, newspaper editor, author, speaker. (cid:862)north tar(cid:863) god is the father of us all. End slavery in dc under federal rule, not a state state"s rights argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts do(cid:374)"t apply. Prevent inter-states slave trade to slow the movement of slaves from upper to lower south. No annexation of texas this would disrupt balance of slave vs free states in senate. Murder of abolitionist newspaper editor in illinois. Interference with mail: south carolina burned abolitionist literature. Gag rule 1836: hofr voted to table all abolitionist petitions. Leadership in american anti-slavery society: lydia maria child (edited national antislavery standard, lucretia mott (quaker tradition of female leadership)
