The Abolitionists is a film in which we are introduced to the world of slavery. The film showed how some Southern states engaged in slavery and how they treated their slaves. In the film, they show African American people set up on a stage being auctioned for money, as low as fifty dollars to purchase a human being. It was not until certain individuals began to recognize these heinous acts, that they began to act on it. It was a difficult and dangerous task to go against their own race, but some had been fed up. It is difficult to grasp the idea of humans being set up and sold like for that amount when nowadays you cannot even adopt an animal for that.
The two most significant names in the film were Angelina Grimke, and William Lloyd Garrison.
The two most significant names in the film were Angelina Grimke, and William Lloyd Garrison.