Examples Of Abolishment Movement

Slavery was a form of bestiality that continued in the United States for 245 years before it was abolished. Slavery being abolished is credited to many people, majority were Quakers, militant white reforms, and free African Americans. Most were part of antislavery groups, there was a wide variety of antislavery organizations that people took apart in, such as the American Colonization Society, Antislavery Society, etc., they were all a part of the abolitionist movement. The abolishment movement is the historical movement to end slavery. The abolitionists used many tactics to end slavery, words were one of their greatest weapons. A famous abolitionist, Frederick Douglass wrote, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,

Douglass didn’t want anyone else to go through cruel masters, like Edward Covey. Douglass claimed he was the meanest master. Covey was known for breaking slaves who were a vital man. He gave Douglass severe whippings and made him work in terrible condition. For example, he would make Douglass work on the coldest winter days and then beat him naked. He broke Douglass’s spirit and his strive to become educated. “This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave.” He went on to being a typical slave that worked on a farm and obeyed his masters. Douglass explained the oppression of African Americans negative effects by recounted a story of scarred bodies and broken spirit. No one could do anything to justify oppression, not one person deserves this treatment. Nevertheless, he eventually overcame the block Covey put between him and his goals. Douglass eventually learned to read and write, then he escaped to become a free man. Douglass’s experiences made him a man that could only live free or die. He made Americans feel compassion for the terror slavery brought upon him and other slaves. Douglass showed his readers slaves were humans that didn’t deserve this oppression, again supporting the antislavery