Abolitionism In The Jacksonian Era

At the dawn of the American Revolution, the idea of slavery was widely accepted throughout the country. With the possession of slave communities that dominated the United States 's industry, the colonies were able to produce immense quantities of goods such as tobacco, sugar, rice and cotton. By means of this enslaved African Labor force, the country was able to grow agriculturally and economically. However in the early 1800s both the United states and Great Britain began to abandon the transatlantic slave trade, which migrated those from Africa to the northern Hemisphere. As a result of this occurrence, the country became divided in their views on slavery and a new political system emerged: Abolitionism. This movement sought to abolish the …show more content…
Despite being known for their creating some of the “most powerful legal landmarks” (Magliocca 87) during the Jacksonian era, this political group was fairly insignificant at first glance. However, the Abolitionist would soon later demonstrate that they had a transformative pattern unlike any of the ideas from the previous Jacksonian forerunners. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that this constitutional cycle has strongly influenced the future generation and demonstrated the evolution of ideas over this period of …show more content…
This upcoming new generation idealized citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws governing all Americans. In the words of Horace Greeley, the basis for America during the time was by the saying, “ Might makes right”’ ( Magliocca 93). This was to say that the legal order was not to be based on the prejudice by the godly nature of the upper class, but by personal liberties alone. In the ways of this egalitarian society, Abolitionist believed that they could change this world into a society in which their view were instead “ right makes might.”’ ( Magliocca 94). By reflecting this idea to their actions, the Abolitionist furthered to obtain a bill of rights that governed all states. Along these lines, anti-slavery campaigns against this mistreatment by the rules of the federal political power were displayed. The term of these slave powers as well as other campaigns in the South was consented and as stated by Magliocca, the south had began to ban “ the speech of anyone who advocated ending slavery” ( Magliocca 94). It was by the belief of the author and many historians that the Southerners of the time suspected that this would eventually lead to the rejection of a national bill of rights for blacks as well as white Abolitionists. This ideology of the new generation was able to explained that the evolution of the