Abolishinist movement
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Goals of The Movement
The goal of the abolishinist movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation (Abolishinist Movement, History.com Staff).
5 IMPRTANT EVENTS
Otis Calls End To
Slavery
James Otis calls for the immediate abolition of slavery. Otis reasons that Parliamentary laws violating English citizens' natural rights are therefore null and void.
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Adams Frees Slave
Future president John Adams and his wife Abigail are presented with a black slave girl as a gift. They immediately set her free.
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Quakers Ban Slavery
In Philadelphia, the Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends adopts new rules ordering members not to own slaves or participate in the slave trade.
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Rebel Slave Gabriel Posser
Rebel slave Gabriel Prosser conspires to seize Richmond, Virginia with a large force of perhaps 1000 armed slaves and then proceed to a general slaughter of whites.
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New England Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison, along with other whites and blacks, organizes the New England Anti-Slavery Society.
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