The reforming time period from 1775 to 1830 was full of diverse changes. However, the “peculiar institution” and the changes it brought was one of the most noteworthy. These years witnessed both an increase in enslaved African Americans, and shockingly, also an increase in freed African Americans. In this essay, those such people will be our focal point.
Paragraph 2 – expansion of slavery
Although seemingly hopeless, many changes were taking place during this time period to turn things around. The religious event known as the Second Great Awakening directly connected with the freeing of African American slaves (328). Due to the religious side of things, people began to realize and acknowledge “the sin of slavery” (364). Document E even shows
Paragraph 2 – expansion of slavery
Although seemingly hopeless, many changes were taking place during this time period to turn things around. The religious event known as the Second Great Awakening directly connected with the freeing of African American slaves (328). Due to the religious side of things, people began to realize and acknowledge “the sin of slavery” (364). Document E even shows