Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

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Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

• Do Now Question...
• What is an abolitionist?

• An abolitionist is someone that wants to abolish,
  or end, slavery
• Abolitionism refers to the movement to end slavery

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Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

• Moderates...
• Willing to change things slowly one step at a
  time
• Prefer political methods to violence

• Radicals...
• Want drastic change, quickly all or nothing
• Willing to use violence if that gets the job done
  (sometimes)

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Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

• William Lloyd Garrison
• Published The Liberator
• Called for immediate emancipation - free all
  slaves immediately
• Is he a radical or a moderate?

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Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

• Frederick Douglass
• Published North Star
• Wanted to use political methods (petitions,
  voting, laws) to abolish slavery
• Is he a moderate or a radical?

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Radical vs Moderate Abolitionists

• David Walker
• Published Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the
  World
• Argued that slaves should fight for their freedom
• Is he a moderate or a radical?