Abolition Movement http://avaxhome.ws/blogs/ChrisRedfield RecentTitles in Landmarksof the AmericanMosaic WoundedKnee Massacre Martin Gitlin Abolition Movement T. Adams Upchurch Landmarksof the AmericanMosaic Copyright2011byABC-CLIO,LLC Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbrief quotationsinareview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Upchurch,ThomasAdams. Abolitionmovement/T.AdamsUpchurch. p.cm.— (LandmarksoftheAmericanmosaic) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–0–313–38606–0(hardcopy:alk.paper)—ISBN978–0–313–38607–7 (e-book) 1. Antislaverymovements—UnitedStates—History.2. Slavery—UnitedStates— History.3. Abolitionists—UnitedStates—Biography. I.Title. E441.U6 2011 3260.80973—dc22 2010037170 ISBN:978–0–313–38606–0 EISBN:978–0–313–38607–7 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. Greenwood AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica MysincerethanksgoouttoAlanBrasher forgenerouslyallowingmetoperusehisdoctoral dissertationonTranscendentalism,to CourtneyJoinerforsharinghermaster’sthesis ontheGrimkesisters,andtotheadministration ofEastGeorgiaCollegeforprovidingmoralsupport asIresearched,wrote,andpublishedthisbook. This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Foreword, ix Introduction, xi Chronologyof American SlaveryandAbolitionism, xvii ONE From Common Practice to Peculiar Institution: Slavery and Abolitionism to 1816, 1 TWO The Emergence of a National Movement: 1816 to 1840, 21 THREE Growing Pains of the Abolition Movement: 1840 to 1848, 43 FOUR Slavery, Abolition, and the West: 1848 to 1856, 67 FIVE Toward the Civil War: Slavery Meets Its Doom, 1856 to 1865, 83 BiographicalProfiles of Key Abolitionists, 101 PrimaryDocuments, 125 Glossary, 143 AnnotatedBibliography, 149 Index, 179 About the Author, 195 vii This page intentionally left blank Series Foreword THE LANDMARKS OF THE AMERICAN MOSAIC series comprises individual volumes devoted to exploring an event or development central to thiscountry’smulticulturalheritage.Thetopicsilluminatethestrug- gles and triumphs of American Indians, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, from European contact through the turbulent last half of the twentieth century. The series covers landmark court cases, laws, government programs, civil rights infringements, riots, battles, movements, and more. Written by historians especially for high school students, undergraduates, and general readers, these content-richreferencessatisfythoroughresearchneedsandprovide a deeper understanding of material that students might only be exposed to in a short section of a textbook or a superficial explana- tion online. Each book on a particular topic is a one-stop reference source. The series formatincludes · Introduction · Chronology · Narrative chapters that trace the evolution of the event or topic chronologically · Biographicalprofilesof key figures · Selectionof crucialprimary documents · Glossary · Bibliography · Index This landmark series promotes respect for cultural diversity and supports the social studies curriculum by helping students under- stand multicultural Americanhistory. ix