The abolitionist Movement was a campaign throughout the United States to end slavery in the 1800's. There were many reformers, most in northern states, that would dedicate their life's work to the abolishment of this institution.

The first anti-slavery activities occurred as far back as colonial days. The Quakers of Pennsylvania condemned slavery on moral grounds alone. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry both spoke strongly against slavery and tried to have it outlawed in the constitution to no avail. Even the principles the United States was founded upon, true freedom, no discrimination, advocated the abolishment of slavery.

The American Colonization Society was one of the first set groups that actually held anti-slavery protest in the U.S. Founded in 1816, the society, thinking slaves would never adapt to the U.S. way of life, tried to send slaves back to Liberia. They successfully sent a few back, but, at most, was only a small percentage of the slaves actually here.

One of the first abolitionists, Elihy Embree, published a weekly newspaper in Jonesborough, Tenn. His paper was solely dev

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In 1852, Harret Beecher Stowe published the famous book "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The book was written as a criticism of slavery in the South. This book had a strong effect on the hearts of many Northerners, and increased their hostility towards the South. Southerners felt that Stowe's interpretation of slavery was inaccurate, misleading, and exaggerated. Many historians believe that this very book ignited enough hostility between the North and South to eventually lead to the start of the civil war.

The American Anti-Slavery Society split in the year 1839. On one side were the radicals, and on the other the gradualist. The radicals wanted an immediate end to slavery by whatever means necessary. This group included William Garrison, John Brown, and Lucretia Mott. They retained control of the society and the Liberator. The gradualist believed in a slow and legal end to slavery by political pressure. This group included Theodore Weld, Author and Lewis Tappan, and James Birney. The gradualist

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