Abolitionism

Who was involved in ratifying the 13th amendment and what happened along the ride? Let us start with the question, what is the 13th amendment? The 13th amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8th, 1864, and passed by the House of January 31,1865. The amendment provided that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (“13th…

Earlier this week, after thirty-four hours of non-stop shelling, US Army Major Robert Anderson surrendered control of Fort Sumter to Confederate General PGT Beauregard. Just yesterday, Virginia became the latest domino to fall in Southern secession. That makes eight states now, and rumors continue to swirl that Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina are sure to follow. After years of hostile legislation, menacing Northern abolitionists, and now the election of Abraham Lincoln, the South has…

John Brown was a man of failure, who never succeeded in his life until his last years. Through he had hardship in the financial and agricultural worlds, he realized that he would only accomplish something substantial to help his country if he fought his unlucky fortune until the very end. John Brown was a hero because he fought for people's natural rights, fought with a purpose and his actions, and lead the country to freedom. The United States was built on the principles of freedom and…

Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass (1818-95) was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, around 1818. Although the exact year and date of Douglass's birth are unknown, Douglass chose to celebrate it on February 14th. Douglass was raised by his grandmother(Betty Bailey). At a young age, Douglass was sent to work a Baltimore plantation owned by Hugh Auld, where he would learn the skills of reading and writing. Little did he know, these skills would eventually vault him to a national…

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln embody heros because they underwent many challenges in order to fight for liberty and freedom for all. The journey to freedom and liberty was treacherous for Lincoln and Douglass, for example, Douglass attended an abolitionist convention in Nantucket in 1841 at which a man named William C. Collin encouraged him to speak. However Douglass strongly opposed, revealing that, “the truth was, I felt myself a slave, and the idea of speaking to white people weighed…

Frederick Douglass was a slave from Maryland who, through luck and intelligence, was able to escape slavery at only 20 years old. In his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” he describes how it felt being in slavery throughout his childhood and adolescent years, as well as the horrid conditions he faced from masters and overseers. Douglass also discusses how he began to truly think about his condition, and how a variety of factors came together to inspire his escape,…

During the early 1800’s most of the southern states had slaves while the northern states were mostly against it.The problem that the abolitionist movement was trying to address as that many people in America were slave owners and the movement was trying to make people get rid of owning slaves and the abolitionist’s tried to make America a slave free continent. The main reason for this is because they realized the problems with slavery and the amount the slaves were suffering during the time of…

William Wilberforce was born in England on August 24th, 1759. He was born in a house on the High Street of Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire and died on July 29th, 1833 at the age of seventy-three. But between these years, he lived a highly influential life – insofar as he determinedly pursued altruistic ends. In particular, he is remembered for his active participation in outlawing the slave trade. In 1789, he spoke in the House of Commons, whereby he contended that slavery was an injustice…

According to his autobiographical account, the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, An American Slave, “The Columbian Orator”’s eye-opening testimonies about how slave masters derive their power from abusing uneducated people disturbs Douglass into drastically changing his original indifferent stance about Master Hugh. First of all, the dialogue between the well-spoken three-time runaway slave and their master “resulted in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of the master”…

After reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, I learned why he thought enslavers were criminals and why slavery is terrible. I also learned why Douglass wanted to be an animal of his own kind. When Douglass was a boy he was raised by an enslaver named Hugh Auld or “Master Hugh” as Douglass was forced to call him. Auld’s wife taught Douglass to read but Hugh soon found out and forbid it because he believed that it was unfit for a slave. Despite this Douglass was persistent and his remedy…