Slavery
Slavery | Chapter 3 Preface
American abolitionists’ long crusade to end slavery stands out as one of the nation’s most inspiring social movements. However, the abolitionist movement never spoke with a single, unified voice. In fact, some of the movement’s most significant impediments were its own internal divisions. In 1844 newspaper editor Jonathan B. Turner wrote in the Illinois Statesman that “there has already arisen so many various [abolitionist] sects . . . that the term ‘abolition’ like the term ‘orthodox’ really means nothing more than that a man may believe ‘some things as well as...
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Slavery Is a Positive Good
- Slavery Is Evil
- Slavery Was Oppressive and Dehumanizing
- The Harshness of Slave Life Has Been Exaggerated
- The U.S. Government Should Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
- The U.S. Government Should Not Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Resistance to Slavery Is Justified
- Resistance to Slavery Is Not Justified
- The Underground Railroad Aided Many Runaway Slaves
- The Underground Railroad Was Largely a Myth
- Black Resistance to American Slavery Was Widespread
- Open Rebellion Against American Slavery Was Relatively Limited
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Popular Sovereignty over Slavery Divides the Nation
- Popular Sovereignty Should Decide Slavery
- Freeing the Slaves Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Preserving the Union Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Slavery Would Have Been Abolished Without the Civil War
- Slavery Would Have Continued Indefinitely Without the Civil War
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