HIUS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Colonization Society, William Lloyd Garrison, Meddle
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Hius 130 lecture 10 the rise of garrison abolitionism. Black abolitionists: david walker"s appeal: during (cid:1005)8(cid:1006)(cid:1004)"s, free (cid:271)la(cid:272)ks holdi(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s to dis(cid:272)uss sla(cid:448)ery i(cid:374) the south a(cid:374)d ra(cid:272)ist legislatio(cid:374) in the north. Slavery a sin that had to be eradicated immediately: there is an international dimension to this struggle, called for slave insurrection. It"s just a delay ta(cid:272)ti(cid:272: to colonize black america back to africa is impossible, every american bore some participation in slavery, participated in economic structure that was based on slavery, everyone responsible for slavery. If abolitionists told americans about the extent of their sin, the planters would feel guilt and would voluntarily free their slaves. If they had to make compromises to keep the southern states as part of the union, then they would: worried about the destabilizing impact of freed slaves, example of haiti. Slavery better than the expansion of the landless, propertyless poor: worried about more than anything was massive slave insurrection.
