HILD 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: William Lloyd Garrison, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Robert Purvis
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Abolitionism and the issue of slavery in the civil war. Abolitionism typically defined as: formally organized movements and campaigns against the institution of slavery; efforts to render slavery illegal. Two regional abolition movements formally organized antislavery movements emerged in earnest during the age of. Revolution (late 18th century: the first existed in the south among the enslaved, free blacks, and some sympathetic whites. Ma(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted to the (cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:272)hu(cid:396)(cid:272)hes, the (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)(cid:863), i(cid:374) se(cid:272)(cid:396)et (cid:862)hush-ha(cid:396)(cid:271)o(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:396)eligious se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es: the second consisted of black and white abolitionists in the north, with branches in the upper south: Northern abolitionist movements were predominantly racially segregated. With notable exceptions, prominent black northern abolitionist leaders were ministers and/or devoutly christian. Formal black northern abolitionist activities largely occurred in black churches (like the african methodist episcopal, a. m. e. ) Activities included housing antislavery meetings, providing sanctuary for runaways, and helping to raise money to free the enslaved.
