History Of The Abolitionist Movement

The first American colony Jamestown was established in 1607 by colonist from England. They settled the territory quickly and began to grow crops immediately. They were introduced to a new crop called tobacco. Shortly after this new crop was planted throughout Virginia, buyers realized how bitter the tobacco grown in that area was. Nobody wanted to buy the tobacco from Virginia anymore. Later on, Virginia was introduced to a new kind of tobacco shipped from Barbados, it was much sweeter and very quickly it was in high demand. It spread around Virginia as soon as planters could get their hands on it. Soon this new and sweet tobacco became a staple crop to Virginia. It became their main export. They shipped tobacco all over the world in large numbers. It was growing and selling quickly and …show more content…
During this time, there were many challenges against this institution also known as the abolitionist movement. The abolitionist movement was the idea of letting all slaves free and to end racial discrimination in the United States. Abolitionists were those participating in this movement and wanted to end slavery. They challenged the peculiar institution by forming new antislavery churches through religion, and impacted a change in higher education as well when they founded the first school that accepted mixed races. The abolitionists impacted this nation greatly. They were able to show writings from Africans that showed they were smart and could receive an education. I think this alone made people who saw slaves as “unhuman” realize that they were actually people who had thoughts, feelings and capabilities far beyond their beliefs. Many Abolitionists caused uprisings of slaves and led them to fight back and defend themselves. Some people became fearful of slaves after this. The abolitionist movement changed this nation for the better and everything they used to fight slavery contributed to this