Describe the development of the American antislavery movement in the 1830s

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • In 1831 William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator.


  • In 1833 a group of white and black antislavery activists formed the American Anti-Slavery Society.


  • Northern communities of free people of color, as well as white women and men, provided moral and financial support to the society.


  • Frederick Douglass, a former slave, played a leading role in the antislavery movement.


  • Sarah and Angelina Grimké defied social conventions in their effort to spread the abolitionist message.


  • Abolitionist activities provoked outrage not only from southern slave owners but also from anti-abolitionists and their allies in Congress.

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