Essays Tagged: "Abolitionism"

The Republican Party

control of the nation.The best illustration of the party's anti-slavery sentiment (as contrasted to abolitionism) in 1860, is the fact that although the party was against slavery , it refused to attem ...

(2 pages) 71 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Legal Disabilities of Women

nt. The parallelism of the two documents concerning women's rights, and the involvement of women is abolitionism is easily recognized and can be examined to a further extent..Sarah M. Grimke can be no ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad in Massachusetts.

Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad in MassachusettsMassachusetts was one of the prominent nor ... itionist affairs. His achievements can be best measured by placing him beside the "great figures of abolitionism," many of whom were his very own followers. These include Wendell Philips, Parker Pills ... l. The Under-Ground Railroad (Westport: Negro Universities Press, 1860), 126.2. "I Will be Heard!": Abolitionism in America. 2002. Cornell University Library. 29 December 2003.3. Stuart Kallen. Life o ...

(10 pages) 108 0 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Women's Rights and Abolitionism and how did the abolitionist movement aid women's rights advocates in their fight for suffrage?

Women's Rights and AbolitionismElizabeth Cady Stanton, a long-time advocate of women's rights, in a speech to the Ameri ... ights activists. No longer dependent on the relationships and alliances that their affiliation with abolitionism had previously brought allowed the movement to move in its own independent direction. U ... ty first discussed in the American Anti-Slavery. In addition, the basic organizational structure of abolitionism aided women's rights activists in forming their own groups to combat tyranny. That thei ...

(4 pages) 212 1 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Decriminalization Debate Full citing included.

wards these laws, both countries could better address the needs of the public and offenders through abolitionism of the current penal systems in both countries. Abolitionism centers on the idea that s ... omes apparent that current laws do not effectively regulate the behaviour or opinion of the public. Abolitionism also supports the idea that with the reduction of the criminal justice system, programs ...

(7 pages) 128 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Feminist Reform Movements in the 19th century, insert more transitions and its an A paper

stacles, and have impacted the lives of every single person alive now. The women's rights movement, abolitionism, and the labor movement are the most appearant symbols of American progression towards ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Abolitionist's Role In The Demise of Slavery-

During the three decades that preceded the Civil War abolitionism was a major factor in the demise of slavery. Abolitionism was a morally grounded and un ... s persistent approach in the demise of slavery as the turning point in race relations generally and abolitionism more particularly; it launched the immediate phase of the campaign to end slavery and i ... ere defiantly a major factor in the demise of slavery. As Browne and Matthews wrote in their essays abolitionism was a morally grounded and uncompromised movement during the 17th and 18th centuries. G ...

(6 pages) 77 1 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Road to Civil War By: Tan Ly

Although the leadership of reform movements of the 1840s and 1850s (temperance, abolitionism, social purity, and so on) was largely male, many of the members of reform organisation ...

(7 pages) 52 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Attempts to End Slavery.

amous novel condemning slavery. During 1935, he traveled around Ohio and western New York preaching abolitionism. Even though he and his associates faced angry mobs, they did convince thousands of peo ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Womens Rights

e helped women and blacks gain equality with white men.Some of the strengths of democracy showed as abolitionism gained support. The right of free speech was a major force in the freeing of slaves. An ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Federick Douglass

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Civil War

ur developing country with a sectional crisis. This crisis was spawned by issues involving slavery, abolitionism, women's rights, the emergence of a Republican party, and a growth of varying sides of ...

(5 pages) 92 0 5.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery

tarted New England's abolitionist crusade against slavery.Revivalism had given a powerful impact to abolitionism in the eighteenth century. As Protestants struggled to overcome the adversities of imme ... stitution, atheism, and popular politics. The effect of revivalism on the ministry was important to abolitionism because it had become a profession. Young people were attracted to aid in abolition of ...

(2 pages) 24 0 4.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History