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Consequences Of The Abolitionist Movement

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Every US citizen has the right to say what he or she pleases, but that doesn’t exclude the fact that there are consequences for what one says. That is a rule that has been enforced since the constitution was created. But sometimes, expressing your thoughts and opinions outweigh the risk of the consequences that another citizen can throw at you. A belief in a change, that benefits all, outweighs what any consequence can be thrown at yourself. Throughout history, we have had historic moments of change all starting from someone expressing how they feel about a situation and/or not caring about the consequences that could happen to them. This is a right that allows us to speak freely and openly without a fear of any punishment being handed to us …show more content…

In the letters that gain rapid exposure to the public, the main takeaway of the letters was that liberty is the main source of all human happiness. The privileges of thinking freely, saying and doing what we please, growing as rich as our imagination lets us, without any roadblocks to keep us away from our goals, are the privileges that liberty and freedom brings. We see that freedom of speech is expanding to freedom for all over time. Specifically, the slaves. With the abolitionist movement growing in the 1830, we see the emergence of man by the name of William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison was one of the most popular abolitionists during the movement because of his weekly journal called, ‘ The Liberator ‘. This weekly journal was published in Boston and gave the abolitionist movement, a new voice. Garrisons ideas on proposing the immediate abolishment of slavery seemed very radical at the time, but his case was echoed by many. No question, that many people were displeased with how much wind the abolishment of slavery was catching because of Mr. Garrison. In 1831, when Nat Turner's rebellion happened, the Southerners blamed Mr. Garrison for this increase in slavery revolts. Garrison was only speaking his mind in the matter of slavery. Not too long after, in 1853, one of the most popular novels to ever release hit the shelves. A book by Harriet Beecher called, “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin “. Uncle Tom’s cabin is a fictitious anti-slavery novel that put you in …show more content…

Women were a core foundation of raising the next generation. The Seneca Falls convention was the first historic event that women gathered as an organized group that wanted to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions of women. The common ground for the Anti Slavery and Abolitionist movement was to stop the western expansion of

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