The Goal Of The Antislavery Movement From 1830 To 1860

During the 18th and 19th century, there were two main movements in America in regard to slavery. One being the antislavery movement from 1750 to 1860, and the other being the abolitionist movement from 1830 to 1860. These two movements had many differences, yet few similarities as they swept across the United States. While both movements were somewhat motivated by religion, abolitionists focused more on the brutality of slavery and its ethical implications. The antislavery movement, on the other hand, was motivated primarily by economic and political reasons as their main objective was the gradual removal of slaves to other countries through a colonization movement. The goal of the abolitionists was an immediate emancipation of all slaves and

Regardless of size, both movements bore many unspoken assumptions. For example, many antislavery leaders insisted that blacks and whites cannot assimilate and that blacks are inferior to whites. abolitionists assumed that blacks and whites were equals and that slavery was a disease in America. Ultimately, though a minority, the abolitionists succeeded in proving their case beginning with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Understanding these ideals give an insight on the many similarities and differences between the antislavery and the abolitionist movements in America. The antislavery movement was a huge campaign that began in 1750. Antislavery leaders believed that the emancipation of all slaves would ultimately result in the destruction of the United States. If slaves were freed, they, along with many free blacks would begin to compete with the whites for their jobs. This scared the white businessman as their once stable professions would become viable to change. Also, slave owners were extremely lazy in the sense that they would instruct their slaves to work while they themselves do nothing.

The antislavery movement wanted specifically, a gradual removal of all slaves from the United States. The reason being that in the event of an immediate removal of all slaves, there would be a massive void in the workforce which would cause the economy to crash. They didn’t want this and resorted to slowly shipping groups of slaves via boat to places such as the British West Indies and Liberia. Most antislavery leaders believed in shipping slaves outside the United States, but there were a few members that wanted Congress to purchase land bordering the southwestern cotton line and transform it into slave “territory.” However, this idea of an American slave community lost traction and their man focus was planted into moving the slaves to Africa. In 1822, the United States bought the territory of Liberia and ensued shipping slaves there. antislavery leaders believed that in transporting workers there, the African territory would be revitalized, but they were completely wrong. On the other hand, the abolitionists movement saw an immediate and complete abolition of slavery as the only solution to the slave problem. They wanted full political and social equality for all blacks as presented in the The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison was know as the “abolition’s golden trumpet” and rightly so. He preached the