Striving For Freedom: Abolitionist Movement
Desiring supreme political and economic power, Europeans legalized the enslavement of people of African descent. Fueled in 1831, by the Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia, the abolitionist movement demanded “the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation” (History Staff, 2009). As people of the African descent and European enthusiasts contracted together in Western Europe and the Americans, between the 1830s and 1870s, the abolitionism movement expanded. In this paper, I will stipulate a historical summary on the abolitionist movement through clarifying details on the political objectives, fundamental concepts, and honorable figures that contributed to …show more content…
The gag rule characterized a political prevention of discussing slavery in the legislation, which sanctioned for little to no progress to occur in the abolitionist movement. Without the ability to discuss slavery, innovative ideas and criticisms of the act could not ensue, stipulating the continuation of human degradation. Desiring an end to the gag rule, abolition supports sought to abolish this rule by constructing petitions against the silence. The gag rule rested critical, as it represented “not only a historically important window into slavery deliberations in Congress but also a case study in majority party restrictions of minority rights—and in the boundaries that constituency politics can place on majority power” (Meinke, 2007). Embodying more than a halt in slavery deliberations, the gag rule demonstrated the political power that majorities preserve over minority groups. Due to their political power and size, majorities control the government and nation, by conserving the authority to eliminate or decelerate social movements against societal norms. In an endeavor to fight majority power, while achieving abolition objectives, an antislavery party known as the Liberty Party arose to fight slavery through
Desiring supreme political and economic power, Europeans legalized the enslavement of people of African descent. Fueled in 1831, by the Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia, the abolitionist movement demanded “the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation” (History Staff, 2009). As people of the African descent and European enthusiasts contracted together in Western Europe and the Americans, between the 1830s and 1870s, the abolitionism movement expanded. In this paper, I will stipulate a historical summary on the abolitionist movement through clarifying details on the political objectives, fundamental concepts, and honorable figures that contributed to …show more content…
The gag rule characterized a political prevention of discussing slavery in the legislation, which sanctioned for little to no progress to occur in the abolitionist movement. Without the ability to discuss slavery, innovative ideas and criticisms of the act could not ensue, stipulating the continuation of human degradation. Desiring an end to the gag rule, abolition supports sought to abolish this rule by constructing petitions against the silence. The gag rule rested critical, as it represented “not only a historically important window into slavery deliberations in Congress but also a case study in majority party restrictions of minority rights—and in the boundaries that constituency politics can place on majority power” (Meinke, 2007). Embodying more than a halt in slavery deliberations, the gag rule demonstrated the political power that majorities preserve over minority groups. Due to their political power and size, majorities control the government and nation, by conserving the authority to eliminate or decelerate social movements against societal norms. In an endeavor to fight majority power, while achieving abolition objectives, an antislavery party known as the Liberty Party arose to fight slavery through