The Abolitionist Movement

by Elaine Landau

Discusses the abolitionist movement in the United States, from the time of the slave ships to the end of the Civil War.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book starts off talking briefly about slavery and prejudice against Blacks, then moves on to talk about how people began to oppose slavery, and how this led to the abolitionist movement. The media was important in this in the form of newspapers, and some of those newspapers found their way from the North, where they were made, down to the South where, at times, slaves were able to find them and, if they could read, learn what many in the North felt about slavery.

Slave rebellions are also discussed along with various important people in the abolitionist movement. Not all Northerners agreed about slavery, though, as sometimes mobs were attack newspaper offices that printed anti-slavery material. The book also covers the Underground Railroad, and talks briefly about the Civil War.