The Abolitionist Movement

Question

Read the following primary source:

• Link (website): https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.11801100/?st=gallery
• Must also use Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 (section 10.4), 11 (section 11.5), 13 :  https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@6.18:gMXC1GEM@7/IntroductionLinks to an external site.
• AND ONE ADDTL SCHOLARLY SOURCE

Then, address the following:

• Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?
• Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.
• Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.
• Analyze how the women's rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page
• In-text citations that correspond with your end references