Theodore Dwight Weld

and forced to be sold away from your wife and children, would you know? You wouldn’t because you weren’t a slave. Just as Theodore Dwight Weld had written: “Suppose I should seize you, rob you of your liberty, drive you into the field, and make you work without pay as long as you live, would that be justice and kindness, or monstrous injustice and cruelty.” -Theodore Dwight Weld: American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. When you are educated and privileged with the right to freedom

Up until and during the mid -1800’s, women were stereotyped and not given the same rights that men had. Women were not allowed to vote, speak publically, stand for office and had no influence in public affairs. They received poorer education than men did and there was not one church, except for the Quakers, that allowed women to have a say in church affairs. Women also did not have any legal rights and were not permitted to own property. Overall, people believed that a woman only belonged in the

Angelina Grimke’s public appeal for the institution of the human rights of all moral beings is ultimately superior to Catharine Beecher’s doctrine of female supremacy limited to the domestic sphere. Both women are visionaries of their era offering contrasting views of women’s proper place in society as well as their moral duties. History has proven that Grimke is unwaveringly the contest winner of this debate . Compelling reasons for Grimke’s historical success can be seen in the women’s differing

first American women to address a legislative body. In May 1838, Angelina married abolitionist Theodore Weld in Philadelphia; their ceremony had sexual equality and attended by blacks and whites. Sarah lived with Angelina and Theodore for the remainder of her life. They helped write Theodore’s American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. In the 1840’s and 1850’s The Grimke sisters and Theodore started schools at Belleville and then at a community near Perth Amboy. In 1862 they all moved

Birney is a friend and follower of Weld (93). He came from a slave owning family and had slaves of his own, but soon freed them after seeing the wickedness of it all(93). Even though he followed Weld, Stowe saw him as more moderate in his actions compared to Weld(93). He at first supported the idea of colonization; for the freed slaves to be taken back to Africa, but soon he came to the thought that

Another way abolitionists spread the word about their cause was through having societies and public speakers address the issue of slavery. The Garrison antislavery society based their beliefs on the Declaration of Independence saying “All men are created equal.” Garrison explained that he, and other abolitionists he was working with, all wanted to better improve their country's goal of equality. Helping the slaves would only better their country. Maria Stewart was a black female political activist

There exists a long held belief that the United States of America was founded on the principles and doctrinal views of Protestantism. Modern age Christians have scoured historical documents in an effort to provide evidence for a Judeo-Christian foundation in the nation’s republican framework. Likewise, their opponents have written lengthy dissertations and argued over various media outlets that Christian conclusions are unfounded. Yet despite their endless debate, religion, especially Christianity

the defense of the institution that would soon take hold in the South. As the North’s calls for slavery’s immediate abolition on moral grounds grew louder in the 1830s, from the likes of William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator, and Theodore Dwight Weld, Calhoun refuted their critiques in a speech delivered on the Senate floor in 1837. In that speech, Calhoun justified slavery as “a positive good” which must be safeguarded against northern abolitionist interference by a united South. Calhoun

judicial hearing before an supposed renegade slave can be removed from the state. You may have heard about these issues through some of the African abolitionist that were literate. Abolitionist, Theodore Dwight Weld, a reverend, discusses slavery in his article called American Slavery As It Is. Weld is known for making his point clear and quoting slave owners' words and using these quotes in southern newspaper advertisements and articles William

Their only campaign pledge was to end slavery. (United States History, 211) Most remarkable was the string of antislavery literature that was published in the form of pamphlets, newspapers, and novels. Theodore Dwight Weld wrote the pamphlet American Slavery As It Is, which contained clear, convincing arguments against slavery. (The American Pageant, 363) Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel that reveals slavery for what it was. As a former