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The United States in the first half of the nineteenth century was awash in reform movements led by dreamers and activists who saw injustice and fought to correct it (Shi, 391). The visions of creating a perfect nation were carried out and the ideas of equality, liberty and freedom were extended to all people, regardless of their races, genders, religious beliefs, and social classes. The advocates of abolition, women’s rights, mental health care, education, and religious reforms through spreading their ideas and mobilizing people profoundly changed the American dynamics. Thoughts and efforts to weaken slavery were never new to Americans, yet it was not until the 1830s that the flares an immediate abolition everywhere sparked. William Lloyd Garrison, a northern white, was “the nation’s most unyielding foe of slavery during the period” (Shi, 399). He advocated for abolition and believed that “the education and freedom will elevate our colored population to a rank with the whites, making them useful, intelligent and peaceable citizens”. He not only blamed harshly the inhuman sinful paradox of slavery, but also warned people of “a collision full of sharp asperities and bitterness” in the process of …show more content…

The most known advocate for the mentally ill was Dorothea Dix, a Boston schoolteacher, who helped to transform social attitudes toward mental illness. She spent two years investigated the jails and almshouses in Massachusetts and presented a horrifying report to the legislature of how the insane people was confined “in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience”. Her achievements were outstanding considering women’s status in her time. She made her voice heard and persuaded twenty states to heed her advice by 1860 (Shi,

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At an early age, Dix worked as a teacher and even founded her own school called “Dix Mansion” which was primarily for girls and another which was free of charge so that poor girls would be able to get an education. It was not until 1841 when the conditions of the mentally disabled came to Dix’s attention. In that year, she taught Sunday School at the local women’s jail, East Cambridge and saw how poorly the inmates were being treated. The teacher and social reformer took it upon herself to make a change. She used her voice and writing abilities to appeal to the Massachusetts state legislature and was able to increase the budget for the State Mental Hospital at Worchester all the while fighting to create other asylums throughout the eastern coast.

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“In a world where there is so much to be done. I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do” – Dorothea Dix. Dorothea Dix was a public reformer who championed for the treatment of all people in many different aspects. One of the things she was most known for was her attempt to change society’s thinking on how to treat mental patients. Dix was inspired when she toured many insane asylums throughout her home state of Massachusetts.

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From 1825-1850 America was a nascent nation beginning to experience an increasing demand for social progression and equal rights. Although Americans continued to discriminate against people of different races, genders and ethnicities, change came about through religious movements and improvements in the realm of children’s education. Therefore, although many people were still oppressed during this time, positive change came about by way of religious revival and reform regarding the treatment of children. In the eyes of the South, these 25 years brought on unnecessary change, most of which was spearheaded by people from the North. Growing abolitionist and gender equality movements, along with immigration posed a potential threat to the power

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Unwilling to concede to slavery’s horrors, southerner’s damned abolitionists for what they considered tampering with their property. Abolitionists, in their eyes, spread subversive doctrines that would cause otherwise faithful slaves to become disloyal, even possibly to revolt. Lincoln’s insistence especially towards the end of the debates that blacks and whites were equal in respect to the guarantees of the Declaration was for many deeply radical propositions. At the point when Lincoln articulated that the whole records of the world might be searched with no bore fruits for one single assertion from one single man, that the Negro was excluded in the presentation of autonomous. Another instance is when he avers that whoever teaches that the Negro has no humble share in the declaration of independence is blowing out the moral lights around us, and “perverting the human soul” he mobilizes rhetoric of hyperbole in the name of a far-reaching democratic vision.

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In 1831 and 1832, Virginians debated manumission in newspapers, at local meetings, and in the legislature.” The importance of this statement is its emphasis on how Turner’s revolt called acute attention to a topic that may not have otherwise been of utmost prominence for people in power to address. Even though slavery may have been a relevant topic, many leaders shied away from it or disregarded the clear issues surrounding the industry. The Southampton Insurrection, in addition to the rising dominance of anti-slavery organizations, demanded that expeditious awareness be given to the complications of enslavement. Displayed by previous details, the long-lasting imprint left by the Southampton Insurrection is an undeniable legacy of inspiration and an example of a powerful uprising from enslaved people.

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Introduction: During the 1800’s, Slavery was an immense problem in the United States. Slaves were people who were harshly forced to work against their will and were often deprived of their basic human rights. Forced marriages, child soldiers, and servants were all considered part of enslaved workers. As a consequence to the abolition people found guilty were severely punished by the law.

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