HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: William Lloyd Garrison, Evangelicalism
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Lecture 1: depending on something else that might or might not happen, historical contingency b. i. The idea that historical events are dependent (contingent) on multiple causes that shape when, how, and why an event occurs b. ii. The way culture, history, and environment shape human character, beliefs, and values at specific moments in time b. iii. Full of surprises, no one can accurately predict exactly what will happen in the future. Influence of evangelical christianity saving individual souls a. i. a. ii. Growing understanding of the south"s commitment to slavery political, Influence of british antislavery and the slavery abolition act of 1833 economic, social, culturally dependent on slavery a. v. William lloyd garrison and the founding of the liberator in 1831 and the. American anti-slavery society in 1833 leadership, importance of leadership in the new radical movement a. v. 1. William lloyd garrison was a passion, stern, uncompromising leader in antislavery movement a. v. 2. Many abolitionists believed slavery should gradually be eradicated from america, garrison instead believed in.
