In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson had written that “all men are created equal.” However many people including Jefferson himself did not believe this statement was true for African American’s. The roots of the anti-slavery movement was dated all the way back to this time. Since the colonial times Quakers had taught that it was a sin for one human being to own another. Later on during the Second Great Awakening, ministers like Charles Grandison Finney called on Christians to join a crusade to stamp out slavery. In relation to the Colonization Movement was proposed to end slavery by setting up an independent colony in Africa for freed slaves. Although many people disagreed to this because they were born in America and wanted
