African American Abolitionist Movement

African American slavery began in 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia. When the United States constitution was written, there was no specific mention of slavery but it prohibited the return of fugitives. Which allowed each slave to be counted as three fifths of a person to help determine more accurate population. The abolitionist movement started in the 1830s and ended before the civil war,. This movement was one of the most influential movements in our country 's history because of its permanent effects still around in our country today.
Racism in the north grew out of slavery and ideas to justify the institution. During this time period only white men could vote.Many Americans opposed slavery, the country 's founders knew that the country would have a hard time remaining faithful to its ideas if it continued to enslave fellow human beings. Many Americans who opposed slavery in the north and the northern south wanted to phase out slavery in these regions before attempting to get rid of slavery in the deep south.The best solution that people had come up with at the time to avoid conflict and help end racism and slavery was to send the African Americans back to Africa. The American Colonization Society was …show more content…
Northern and southern tensions grew due to their differing opinions on the matter. The Abolitionist Movement was one of the most influential movements in America. There were many dedicated people who stopped no matter how high the stakes were against them. The more and more articles and papers that had been published telling the what it 's like to live your entire life as a slave, more people started to realise that slavery is worse then they all thought. This movement still affects us today, because of those people who worked tirelessly and stopped at nothing, helped pass the Thirteenth amendment, which was ratified December, 18,1865, finally ending slavery in the United