Essays on Abolitionism

Women’s Rights and Abolitionism Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a long-time advocate of women’s rights, in a speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society said, “Yes, this is the only organization on God’s footstool where the humanity of women is recognized, and these are the only men who...

Sojourner Truth initially named Isabella Baumfree was born in Hurley New York ninety miles North of New York City seven miles west of the Hudson River in 1797 enslaved. Isabella was the property of a few slave-owners and first sold for $100 at ten years...

Freed woman Sojourner Truth, a compelling woman speaker for slavery, gives her famous speeches in many different areas. She traveled many different areas preaching about women right’s and about the evil of slavery. She claimed the Lord gave her the name, as he called upon...

In the speech, “Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth, talks about the inequalities women and colored women faced during the 1800s. It is a famous speech because of the impact it had for women at the time trying to get equal rights as men....

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right again.” Sojourner Truth is remembered as perhaps the most influential figure in the abolition and women’s rights movements....

Introduction John Brown was an avid abolitionist in the 1800s, making abolishing slavery his main goal in life. Throughout John Brown’s years, it can be seen that he had always had a different viewpoint than most and his viewpoint stood until his execution. John Brown...

Throughout his text, Equiano’s definition of abolition desired to end the slave trade while reforming slavery into a more considerate, cordial institution. Furthermore, this was illustrated throughout the novel because although Equiano was a slave himself, he believed in private property. In addition, he is...

Pauli Murray was a champion for human and civil rights who was brought up in Durham. Her bits of knowledge and vision keep on resounding actually in our times. As a lawyer, antiquarian, poet, teacher, instructor and Episcopal minister, she worked all of her life...

Cowper, Blake and Barbauld: Noble Savages in a Post-Colonial Context William Cowper, William Blake, and Anna Barbauld, in their poetry on race and abolitionism, wrote about both the humanity of racialized peoples and the greed and evil of slavery. In post-colonialism, it is important to...

The white middle-class campaigners, such as Granville Sharp and William Wilberforce, played a crucial role in the abolition of the slavery throughout the British Empire. Their role was crucial because didn’t only put pressure on the government and Members of Parliament to actually change the...

In October of 1841, the slave ship Creole sailed from Virginia to New Orleans, carrying a crew of 19 and 135 slaves. On November 7, 1841, as the ship approached the Bahamas, Madison Washington ran up to the deck and called on the other slaves...

During 1700s-1865, free African Americans and white abolitionists who were against slavery, developed a secret network of people who helped fugitive slaves in their escape from slavery. The people who aided the slaves were known as “conductors”. The fugitive slaves hid in private homes, churches,...

Solomon Northup’s book Twelve Year’s a Slave covered the story of Northup himself as he was kidnapped and forced into slavery. He worked as a slave for 12 years before the government was able to locate and free him. Solomon Northup’s story was relevant when...