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An 8 page discussion of the abolitionist movement and the varied roles that participants like Frederick Douglass played in that movement. Discussing the visible and the not-so-visible aspects of the movement like the freedom quilts and the coded language that characterized everyday conversation, the author describes the historical setting and ideology of the day. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The desperate recognition that the status quo of slavery was not going to be overturned through a blind adherence to societal norms
drove the Abolitionist Movement of the nineteenth century. Abolitionists recognized that the ideology that had made slavery so deeply ingrained in the American conscious was not something that was
going to be easily overcome. Abolitionists were willing to take whatever means necessary to abolish slavery. That included peaceful protests, quite introspection, and desperate then-illegal measures. The
most important task confronting the abolitionist movement was convincing a significant percentage of Americans that slavery was the most evil institution of American history. Men like Frederick Douglass, of
course, willingly stood up to that challenge. At the same time, however, the abolitionist movement was active in moving what was an illegal cargo, the slaves themselves away from
their captivity in the South and to safety in the North. To do so they employed some unique tactics. The infamous underground railways over which the slaves traveled were
made possible not just by those individuals like Frederick Douglass inciting the people of the North to action through his eloquently presented addresses on the horrors he had experienced first
hand as a slave but also by the perpetuation of this ideology through a non-vocal means such as the secret signs and freedom quilts.
In all fairness any discussion of the abolitionist movement should start with the slaves themselves. Frederick Douglass was one of these slaves. Douglass, of course,
is arguably one of the most visible and influential characters of the nineteenth century. An escaped slave, Douglass quickly made a name for himself speaking out against the wrongs
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