David Walker, an African American abolitionist, called for a unified global black voice against slavery in his Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World. Unlike other reform movements, womens rights challenged the notion of separate spheres and the idea of true womanhood. Historians Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil argue that womens rights challenged the most basic idea of true womanhoodthe selfless nature of womenbecause womens rights advocacy led women to insist that they had the same claim on individual rights to life, liberty, property, and happiness as men. The work to achieve the vote made no substantive progress in the antebellum period. They formed abolition groups together to voice their opinions and fought in arguments over women's suffrage. Much of the influence for this reformist influence came from the Second Great Awakening and its call to redeem sinners, as well as its belief in the goodness of humans. Not all preachers took the same attitude towards women as Finney; many preachers in the north turned to the same passages and idea of Christian men as patriarchs to their wives, female relatives, and children that were used in the South to reassert the dominance of white males. \text{Retained Earnings}& 5,000,000 &2,800,000\\ For some, the issue initially boiled down to access to the slave population and the ability to bring the message to a wider audience. 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Ministers such as Connecticut Presbyterian Lyman Beecher also spoke out against alcohol as a societal evil. In 1837, Angelina wrote to William Lloyd Garrisons The Liberator. Elizabeth Cady Stanton raised the issue of woman's suffrage for the first time, the principal author, modeled the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments on the Declaration of Independence - the document added "women" to Jefferson's axiom "all men are created equal." \quad\text{Total Shareholders Equity}& \$11,000,000 &\$ 7,800,000\\ The African Methodist Episcopal Church where Vesey preached was destroyed. However, there were limits to spiritual equality; although all were spiritually equal in the eyes of God, for many believers, African Americans and women were still inferior to white men in all other ways. Over the next two days, the insurrectionists killed some sixty white men, women, and children. \text{Sales}&& \$13,920,000\\ Douglass was a skilled orator and a prolific writer. Angelina later married Theodore Dwight Weld, a prominent abolitionist preacher. The daughters of a prominent slave owner, they spoke of their personal knowledge and experience of the system. But one of the greatest frustrations that many black abolitionists faced was the racism they sometimes experienced from their fellow white abolitionists. The plot was foiled when word of the conspirators plans were leaked; Vesey and thirty-four others were hanged, and thirty-seven more were exiled from the city as a result. Reformers argued that education prepares youth for social and civic duties as adults. 1. \quad\text{Hutchinson Company}& 75,000 &2,000,000\\ \end{array} This page titled 13.3: American Antebellum Reform is shared under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Catherine Locks, Sarah Mergel, Pamela Roseman, Tamara Spike & Marie Lasseter (GALILEO Open Learning Materials) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform; a detailed edit history is available upon request. By helping others, they asserted their worth while at the same time alleviating social ills. In 1821, Finney set out to preach in western New York. Revivals also created a widely known group of respected black leaders, many among them preachers associated with the movement. What were the different varieties of abolitionism? The Anti-Slavery Society was home to white and black abolitionists. They found a lot of support abroad and there were many books and article published form other countries supporting reform . \text{Salaries Payable}& 300,000& 240,000\\ Perhaps unsurprisingly, as the message changed to reflect the prevailing ideas of the elite, the movement became more popular in the South as slave owners not only attended meetings themselves, but allowed and even encouraged the attendance of the slave population. In many cases, within the Garrisonian movement in particular, the role of the black speaker or the black writer or the black abolitionist was, in some ways, prescribed, as the famous case of Frederick Douglass' relationship with the Garrisionians. After the conspiracy was quelled, white Charlestonians accused black congregations of the same offense: falsifying and misinterpreting the Bible. Determined to make abolitionism a political movement, the seceders formed the Liberty Party, which nominated James G. Birney as its candidate for president. In the spring of 1841, Dix visited a Cambridge jail in order to teach Sunday school for a group of women inmates. There are two main strands of literature on the antislavery origins of the sectional crisis. In the early nineteenth century, the United States was becoming a more diverse nation; the new varieties of Protestantism were one reflection of this change. Young female teachers staffed many of the schools. Reformers worked to create public institutions to deal with the social problems. The first, in which . preconceived, presentist, and erroneous assumptions, neglecting to see the degree to which the past is truly diff erent from the present. Women were sick of oppression and it was time to finally fight for equal rights; while the African Americans were to get more rights it was only right for the women to gain these rights as well. The new Protestant denominations, most prominently the Baptists and Methodists, grew in strength and numbers. (2) The bonds payable have a maturity (face) value of $4 million. Such music remained after the revival and itinerant preacher were long gone. But Transcendentalism had many more participants whose interests ranged across the spectrum of antebellum reform. Many Americans found this radical notion of racial equality and the call to end these restrictive laws intimidating or even frightening. There she found the inmates, some of them mentally ill (whom Dix refers to as lunatics), housed in filthy conditions in unheated cells. Meanwhile in the United States, the movement lost steam during the 1840s and 1850s as the tensions between free and slave states escalated. One means of teaching these values was through the series McGuffeys Readers, a series of texts that taught not only spelling and vocabulary, but also punctuality, frugality, and temperance. \text{Building}& 4,000,000 &4,000,000\\ \text{Increase in Retained Earnings}&& \$ 2,200,000\\ For example, as Frederick Douglass rose to prominence as an orator in the abolitionist movement, he began speaking not only of his life as a slave, but also analyzing abolitionist policies. In July 1848 they were finally able to call together a group together for the first national convention devoted to the issue of womens rights, the Seneca Falls Convention. Why did so many prominent white Americans, from both the North and South, support the colonization of freed slaves? Evaluate the extent to which social and intellectual reform movements during the antebellum era (1820-1860) represented an expansion of democratic ideals analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the era to the period after. In the north, the movement reached its zenith in the Burned-Over District of Charles Finney. Walker stood as a vocal opponent of colonization, saying that the United States belonged more to African Americans than to whites, because the black population had earned the country with their blood and tears.. Questions relating to the financial statements of Chicago Corporation follow. \text{Income TaxesDeferred}&& 170,000\\ Pace of Life Preference by Gender. The colonizationist scheme of the early 1800s proved to be popular among black abolitionists. Also, become productive, self-disciplined citizens. The market revolution had changed American society in many ways. Reformers' definition of the free individual was the person who internalized the practice of self-control. As a result, some African American congregants left the evangelical churches because of racial discrimination or because they were barred from leadership positions within the church and founded their own evangelical denominations, such as the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. Further reproduction prohibited without . The driving force behind the Latter Day Saint movement was its founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. \text{Machinery and Equipment}& 8,000,000 &7,300,000\\ Many kinds of Americans worked in the reform movement, and membership in some movements overlapped. In 1822 , a former slave named Denmark Vesey planned to lead eighty slaves in a revolt in Charleston, South Carolina. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1819, he escaped from slavery as a young man and spent the rest of his life devoting himself to the cause of freedom for all. Discuss any differences between the preferences of men and women. In 1834, middle-class women in New York City organized the Female Moral Reform Society, which sought to redeem prostitutes from lives of sin and to protect the morality of single women. The movement experienced what became to be known as the Great Disappointment when the morning of October 23 arrived rather than Jesus. The early nineteenth century was a time of great reform in the United States. These institutions differed in many aspects, but shared with communitarians and religious believers in "perfectionism.". \text{Additional Paid-In Capital}& 3,000,000 &2,400,000\\ In 1822, Charleston was home to a large African Methodist Episcopal congregation, as well as large numbers of Methodist and Baptist African American congregations. Today, the influence of the Restoration Movement is seen in the Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ churches. The abolitionist sentiment was also present in the South. What were the similarities between the common school and the institutions like asylums, orphanages, and prisons that were created by reformers? We also acknowledge previous National Science Foundation support under grant numbers 1246120, 1525057, and 1413739. Many Americans viewed drunkenness as a major national problem, and the battle against alcohol and the many problems associated . In 1828, his Likeness to God sermon argued that true religion is marked by the believer becoming more and more like God. They were subsequently executed. 2. 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Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the womens rights movement. \text{Accounts Payable}& \$ 550,000 &\$ 400,000\\ A company has net sales of $489,600\$ 489,600$489,600 and average accounts receivable of $40,800\$ 40,800$40,800. Rumors spread across the South that the rebellion was not limited to Virginia; more African Americans were killed or arrested in Alabama, Virginia, and in other slaveholding states. Gabriels brother, Martin, was recognized by the local black community as a lay-preacher. In particular, women played a large role in various aspects of reform. Moreover, black congregations could not hold religious meetings without a licensed white minister present, presumably to assure that the right messages on slavery and freedom were the only ones presented from the pulpit. "gentlemen of property and standing" (p. 453). \text{Depreciation of Plant and Equipment and Amortization}\\ The result was the creation of penitentiaries, which sought to transform criminals into law abiding citizens through hard work, religious instruction, and isolation from the corruption of social vices. The Second Great Awakening and the movement in religious revival in the United States had a profound impact on the United States. Black lay-preachers, not ordained but appointed by the church or community to lead services and preach, became important speakers for and within free and enslaved communities. The temperance movement and organizations had more than a million supporters who enthusiastically held rallies and distributed pamphlets on the evils of demon rum. By the 1860s, their efforts had indeed slowed, but certainly did not stop, the average Americans consumption of alcohol. Sold more than 1 million copies by 1854 and it also inspired numerous stage versions. Key figures in the abolitionist movement were William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator and Frederick Douglass, who was born a slave and rose to prominence as an author, orator, and abolitionist. One of the most prominent abolitionists of the era was William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator. Twenty years later in Charleston, South Carolina, lay-preacher Denmark Vesey led a similar conspiracy to incite rebellion. Women joined and actively participated in abolitionist organizations such as the Anti-Slavery Society; they sponsored events such as the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. The Seneca Falls Convention worked to establish____. For example, Virginia passed legislation making it illegal to teach slaves, free blacks, or mulattoes to read or write. - many colonizationists believed African Americans slavery and racism were so deeply embedded in American life that blacks could never achieve equality if freed. Before the early 1800s, education for most Americans was very basic. Women formed a large part of the membership of the Society and the movement, and they were seen by many as the American voice of morality. \quad\text{Average Shares Outstanding)} &&\$ 2.68\\ He ended his appeal by writing, I will not equivocate- I will not excuse- I will not retreat a single inch- and I will be heard. Along with an immediate end to slavery, Garrison also espoused racial equality as an absolute necessity to ending the institution without massive bloodshed. Merchants with commercial ties to the South. \text{Retained Earnings, December 31, 2012}&& 2,800,000\\ Mann and others charged public schools with teaching not only academic subjects, but also morality and discipline. Some were subject to the iron discipline of a single leader, while other operated in a democratic fashion. Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the womens rights movement. Although neither group saw their causes ultimate goals achieved during the era of reform, each movement saw great advances. Many mentally ill individuals eventually ended up imprisoned as well, as no facilities for the treatment of the mentally ill existed. Horrified, she worked to publicize the conditions of the jail and gain public support for its improvement. Antebellum Reform Americans after 1815 embraced many religios and social movements in pursuit of solutions for the problems, evils, and misfortunes of mankind. Unitarians stressed the inherent goodness of humankind. For the urban poor, a very few were able to attend private charitable schools. They also spent time helping with their husbands and whatever their needs were to promote the best work. Throughout the South, slaves attended camp meetings. The utopian communities challenge existing ideas about property and marriage by prohibiting sexual relations between men and women altogether, others allowed them to change partners at will and the abolition of private property must be accompanied by an end to men's property in women. Mobs disrupted abolitionist meetings in northern cities. Over the course of the nineteenth century, many towns and counties became dry. Perhaps the greatest legislative victory for the temperance movement during the era of reform was Maines shortlived total ban on alcohol from 1851-1856. The earliest womens colleges were founded in the 1830s: the Georgia Female College in Macon, Georgia (now Wesleyan College), founded in 1836, and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts (Now Mount Holyoke College), founded in 1837. Workhouses were established to keep the poor from drunkenness, idleness, and gambling. Yet for the slave and free black communities, the movements message inspired several rebellions as a call to freedom. Antebellum reform was international in scope . In the 19th Century's Antebellum Era, Americans began several social reform movements influenced by transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening. Many prominent African American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass were members of the Society. In the decades prior to the Civil War, reformers in the U.S. looked to Europe for models of social and political change. 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However, abolitionism developed significantly over the 1800s. In the early nineteenth century, a succession of religious revivals collectively known as the Second Great Awakening remade the nation's religious landscape. Even anti-slavery and abolitionist groups refused to grant full rights to black members. Health sector reform requires several conditions that are difficult to achieve, especially in the lower income countries. Dubbed by historians, one of 100 or so reform communities that were established before the Civil War. Additional information is as follows: Gender In the north, the Second Great Awakenings message and movement was just as powerful as in the South, and perhaps even more so. Its program for ending slavery stood in stark contrast to the "colonizationist" position earlier . The antebellum reform movements were based in a network of voluntary, church-affiliated reform organizations. Saw both individuals and society at large as capable of indefinite improvement. \quad\text{Preferred Stock)}&& \$ 2.20\\ \text{Net Income}&& \$ 4,400,000\\ Others simply tempered their message of spiritual equality and did not overtly challenge slavery. The amendment was passed after years of efforts by temperance societies throughout the country. \quad\text{Total Current Assets}& \$ 2,925,000 &\$ 2,400,000\\ Many southerners feared an uprising from within by the abolitionists. \text{Less: Dividends on Preferred Shares}&&(120,000)\\ Moreover, they said, white preachers professed a different message to white and black congregations. The Antebellum Period in American history is generally considered to be the period before the Civil War and after the War of 1812, although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the Civil War. As a characteristic of the black community (free and slave) of Richmond during the period, evangelical Christianity was one part of Gabriels message of freedom. Consider the following sample data. To what degree was antebellum reform international in scope? The rebellion was quelled by a local militia, who killed or captured many of the insurrectionists. Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio became the first co-educational institution when it admitted four women in 1837. \text{Equity in Earnings of Affiliates:}\\ \quad\text{Total Property, Plant, and Equipment}& \$10,000,000 &\$ 9,400,000\\ \textbf{Investments}\\ The similarities and differences between the common school and institution like asylums, orphanages, and prisons that were created by reformers are the similarities were the intent to remake human beings into free, morally upright citizens and shared with communitarians and religious believers. 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