The Abolition/Emancipation Movement
Coincided with the rise of Christian evangelism in the 1800s
Recalled many previous generationsí arguments against slavery
Was part of the general reformist flavor of the 1800s
- 1793: Fugitive Slave Act (Pohl p.201), escaped slaves were to be returned to their masters
- 1808: further importation of slaves forbidden by law
- 1831: Nat Turner Rebellion (p. 201),
- 1857: Dred Scott case (p.202)
- 1859: John Brown Rebellion at Harperís Ferry (p.202)
- 1862-65: various drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation (pp.202-04)
- 1865: 13th Amendment abolishes slavery
- 1870: 15th Amendment ends slavery on paper
- 1875: Civil Rights Act; 1883, repealed; 1896, ìSeparate but equalî