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This 6 page paper answers several questions about abolitionist Lucretia Mott, her work, and the era in which she lived. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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answers several questions about Mott, her work, and the era in which she lived. Discussion We begin with the "Second Great Awakening," and the reform movements that came naturally from
it. The phrase "Second Great Awakening" refers to the religious revival that swept throughout the United States from the late 1700s through perhaps the 1840s.1 It was a reaction against
the seeming "worldliness" that had overtaken the country, as evidenced by declining church attendance and an increasing dedication to business and the pursuit of wealth.2 As a result of the
decline in religious life, "many faiths sponsored religious revivals" that "emphasized human beings dependence upon God."3 This religious revival was the Second Great Awakening, and as it took hold, people
began to turn outward and consider larger issues than personal gain and profit. From this awakening to the human condition three reform movements flowed naturally: the womans movement, the abolition
movement, and the temperance movement.4 It seems that these three movements have the same attribute: oppression of a certain class of people by someone or something. The womens movement addressed
the oppression of women by men; the abolition movement was concerned with the oppression of blacks by whites; and the temperance movement dealt with the oppression of human beings by
alcohol. In each case, the oppressed class was denied its full rights due to the condition of their lives. Although we consider the North to be the champions of abolition
and a bastion of anti-slavery work, in truth many Northerners didnt want to see abolition succeed, for two reasons: first, "after the invention of the cotton gin, Northern businessmen began
to feel that the abolition movement was a danger, threatening to interrupt business connections up and down the eastern seaboard"; second, Irish immigrants were fearful that free blacks would be
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