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  After the Civil war ended in the 1860’s, a new time began known as the reconstruction period. What this was supposed to be was the reunion of the union and the rebel states. America could finally become the land they were supposed to be, the land they promised.. Freedom and equality for everyone. The country was supposed to come to terms with the results of the civil war and deal with the consequences. Although there was some rebuilding and adjusting this period was meant to leave a legacy of hope and as it partially did, it also left behind a trail of fear and terror.      The Emancipation Proclamation, the freedom the slaves had finally received. On January 1st 1863 president Abraham Lincoln announced this new freedom to the slaves. Soon after when black men were able to enlist, 180,000 men enlisted into the army. Lincoln believed that the role of black men in the army would help ensure the abolishment of all slavery. The life of a new slave was not easy. Althoug...

  Fredrick Douglas was many things and contributed to society greatly. He was an abolitionist, writer, speaker and former slave. Douglas managed to escape slavery by pretending to be a sailor in Maryland and the women who was also a freed slave helped him. They went to New York and ended up marrying one another. Instead of choosing an easy lay low life, where he could just be a writer and try to hid from the professionals who kidnapped black people in the north and sold them into slavery, he decided that self freedom wasn't enough. Since he had first hand experience on what life for a slave was like he was able to have extensive knowledge and felt the need to share his message more, and felt strongly about putting a stop to slavery once and for all. He became very known through his writings and speeches. As well as becoming a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end all slavery.  Fredrick Douglas was known greatly for his role in the abolitionist movement, he...

       John Brown was a significant leader in the abolitionist movement. This means that he was a strong believer in getting rid of slavery once and for all. He found to abolish slavery pre civil war making him fight to Abolish slavery during the same time as other abolitionists like Fredrick Douglas. John Brown was an abolitionist who believed that a more violent approach would be the way to ending slavery for good. Slave supporters viewed him as a murderer for killing slave supporters while other abolitionists loved him and his work, because they were fighting for the same cause. He believed that the people whom supported slavery should have to pay for what they had done and took no mercy on them.  One of his most famous things he did is known as the raid on Harpers Ferry. This raid was meant to be a big changed in the abolitionist movement and was step in ending slavery once and for all by instigating a slave rebellion in the south. First a group of men kid...

        Throughout history slavery has taken place in all religions. Although slavery was condoned for several years throughout the religions it doesn’t mean that it was meant to be or everyone agreed with it. In religions like Islam, Christianity, and Judaism slavery has been there for thousands of years. People have tried to bend the rules and view slavery as something that should happen, that it is meant to be and that’s what their God has told them to do. But reading through the religious texts from those three religions you can see that that’s not what was meant to happen. Their God intended for their people to be equal and parts that do talk about owning slaves make it clear that they should treat their slaves respectfully and should not hurt them. A complete halt to slavery was not something that was able to be accomplished but restrictions were put into place.       In Islam for years they tried to deal with he issue of slavery. Their app...

       The American Anti Slavery Society was an abolitionist group on the mid to late 1800’s. Abolitionists are people who believe in the abolishment of slavery. This organization was founded by William Loyd Garrison. Garrison was a well known abolitionists well as a journalist. Garrison had a passion for journalism and found it as his true calling. Here is when he discovered what he also felt passionately about which was the abolishment of slavery. In the 1830s he started the Liberator which was an abolitionist paper. He did this because wanted to break away from colonized America.   The American Anti Slavery Society was founded in the year 1833. Their goal was to teach both the northeners and southerners of the inhumanities of slavery and why it should be abolished. What makes this group different from the others is their intent to abolish slavery immediately. Other groups during this time would take slower approach to ending slaver but not the American An...