Black Abolitionists

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Black Abolitionists
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Garrison and founding of AASS

• established by Garrison and others in
  Philadelphia in 1833
• emphasized immediate, uncompensated emancipation
  and equal rights
• emphasized nonviolent approach to liberation

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Black participation in AASS

• major contributors to AASS
• subscribers to Liberator
• limited leadership of the American Anti-Slavery
  Society
• David Ruggles
• Frederick Douglass

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Black-White differences on abolition

• disagreement on pace of emancipation
• disagreement on post-emancipation plan
• issue of integration or colonization
• issue of violence

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Black Abolitionists

• Disadvantaged position of black abolitionists
  According to Benjamin Quarles, black
  abolitionists combined unpopular cause with
  unpopular color
• Rise of radical approach to abolition
• David Walkers Appeal
• Henry Highland Garnet
• Labeled as inciting slave rebellion

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Role of Black abolitionist

• Newspapers
• Underground Railroad
• Black Self-help
• Vigilance Committees
• National Convention Movements
• Speakers for anti-slavery movement

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Publication of newspapers

• Freedoms Journal
• 16 other weeklies
• Frederick Douglass Paper

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The Black Underground
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Black Self-Help

• Mutual aid societies
• Self-Culture Societies
• The Black Church

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National Convention Movements
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Vigilance Committees
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Speakers for anti-slavery movement

• Sojourner Truth
• Frances Ellen Watkins
• Frederick Douglass
• Henry Highland Garnet
• William Wells Brown
• William and Ellen Craft