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Advanced Seminar
WiSe 22/23: Abolitionism and Anti-Slavery Movements in North America
Maria-Michaela Hampf
Comments
This seminar will explore several different historical approaches to the abolition of slavery in North America. The first attempts to end slavery in the American colonies came from members of the Quaker Community. African American activists such as Paul Cuffe joined them in their efforts to end chattel Slavery. White politicians such as Thomas Paine and Alexander Hamilton joined the abolitionists' ranks in the context of the revolutionary ideology of the 1780s. Following the American Revolution, Northern states gradually abolished slavery, beginning with Pennsylvania's gradual emancipation act in 1780. Massachusetts followed suit with the immediate emancipation of all slaves in 1783. Although by 1827, all northern states had abolished slavery, some slaves remained in servitude for two more decades after that date. Abolitionism, centered in the North, was led by social reformers, such as William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society; writers like John Greenleaf Whittier and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Black activists included former slaves such as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and free Blacks alike. In the South, black activists of the Underground Railroad helped slaves escape to the North, Canada, and Mexico. Former slaves ran this secret organization like Harriet Tubman, free African Americans, and white supporters who facilitated the flight of roughly 40.000 people over two decades. At about the same time, religious abolitionists such as the Gileadites took up armed resistance and fought during "bleeding Kansas" against the interests of the slaveowners. The Civil War ended slavery officially, but its effects on the American nation linger on until today. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2022-10-18 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-10-25 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-11-01 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-11-08 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-11-15 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-11-22 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-11-29 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-12-06 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2022-12-13 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-01-03 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-01-10 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-01-17 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-01-24 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-01-31 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-02-07 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2023-02-14 10:00 - 12:00