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'''Abolitionism''' was a movement to end the institution of [[slavery]] and the worldwide slave trade. The term '''abolitionists''' refers to those who were actively against slavery, which movement was mainly in the [[United States]] and in [[Britain]].  Among Christians, the movement originated with the [[Quakers]] in Britain and the US around 1750, and attracted mostly evangelicals. The result was that the international slave trade was made illegal around 1810, and enforced by the British Navy.  All the northern states in the U.S. abolished slavery 1777-1803, and the British Empire abolished it in the 1830s in its Caribbean colonies and Canada.

'''Abolitionism''' was a movement to end the institution of [[slavery]] and the worldwide slave trade. The term '''abolitionists''' refers to those who were actively against slavery, which movement was mainly in the [[United States]] and in [[Britain]].  Among Christians, the movement originated with the [[Quakers]] in Britain and the US around 1750, and attracted mostly evangelicals. The result was that the international slave trade was made illegal around 1810, and enforced by the British Navy.  All the northern states in the U.S. abolished slavery 1777–1803, and the British Empire abolished it in the 1830s in its Caribbean colonies and Canada.

Slavery died out peacefully in most countries because it was unprofitable, as in the Roman Empire and in Brazil in the 1880s.

Slavery died out peacefully in most countries because it was unprofitable, as in the Roman Empire and in Brazil in the 1880s.

Runaway slaves sometimes used safe houses on their way to Caanda; a few hundred made it there.  From this reality emerged much exaggerated stories about an [[Underground Railroad]].  

Runaway slaves sometimes used safe houses on their way to Caanda; a few hundred made it there.  From this reality emerged much exaggerated stories about an [[Underground Railroad]].  

The American abolitionist movement was transformed by [[William Lloyd Garrison]] and reached its peak 1840-1850. The movement had little to do with the actual abolition of slavery, which was a war measure carried out by [[Abraham Lincoln]] and the Republican Party in 1862-65. The forces that were lined up for the continuation of slavery were strong and numerous; the abolitionists were few in number and had no political power before 1860 but were guided by a strong religious belief and the moral need to right a horrible wrong.

The American abolitionist movement was transformed by [[William Lloyd Garrison]] and reached its peak 1840–1850. The movement had little to do with the actual abolition of slavery, which was a war measure carried out by [[Abraham Lincoln]] and the Republican Party in 1862–65. The forces that were lined up for the continuation of slavery were strong and numerous; the abolitionists were few in number and had no political power before 1860 but were guided by a strong religious belief and the moral need to right a horrible wrong.

Abolitionists argued that the action of capturing Africans and selling them as slaves was as bad as the capture and selling of Joseph had been, and that it was against the fullness of the ethos of holy Christian love. Pro-slavery spokesmen pointed out that the Bible repeatedly sanctioned slavery and denounced the abolitionists for trying to start a race war that would kill many thousands of blacks and whites, as happened in [[Haiti]] in the 1790s.

Abolitionists argued that the action of capturing Africans and selling them as slaves was as bad as the capture and selling of Joseph had been, and that it was against the fullness of the ethos of holy Christian love. Pro-slavery spokesmen pointed out that the Bible repeatedly sanctioned slavery and denounced the abolitionists for trying to start a race war that would kill many thousands of blacks and whites, as happened in [[Haiti]] in the 1790s.

* Quarles, Benjamin. ''Black Abolitionists.'' (1991) [https://books.google.com/books?id=kuPIMkxPLOkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Black+intitle:Abolitionists+inauthor:quarles&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]

* Quarles, Benjamin. ''Black Abolitionists.'' (1991) [https://books.google.com/books?id=kuPIMkxPLOkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Black+intitle:Abolitionists+inauthor:quarles&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES excerpt and text search]

* Stewart, James Brewer. ''Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery'' (1997) [https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Warriors-Abolitionists-American-Slavery/dp/080901596X/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241017691&sr=8-13 excerpt and text search]

* Stewart, James Brewer. ''Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery'' (1997) [https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Warriors-Abolitionists-American-Slavery/dp/080901596X/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241017691&sr=8-13 excerpt and text search]

* Stewart, James Brewer. "Reconsidering the Abolitionists in an Age of Fundamentalist Politics," ''Journal of the Early Republic'' 26.1 (2006) 1-24 in [[Project MUSE]]; compares the movement to 21st century evangelical politics

* Stewart, James Brewer. "Reconsidering the Abolitionists in an Age of Fundamentalist Politics," ''Journal of the Early Republic'' 26.1 (2006) 1–24 in [[Project MUSE]]; compares the movement to 21st century evangelical politics

* Strong, Douglas M. ''Perfectionist politics: abolitionism and the religious tensions of American democracy'' (1999)

* Strong, Douglas M. ''Perfectionist politics: abolitionism and the religious tensions of American democracy'' (1999)