The Anti-Slavery Movement

Slavery was an event that has been going on for many years. It caused many problems, therefore some people knew it had to be stopped. The Anti-Slavery Movement began during the 1700s in Europe and later on it spread to the United States. In the U.S. there were many abolitionist leaders that were aiming to abolish slavery and some also aimed to give the slaves their rights. Many of those abolitionist leaders formed anti-slavery …showed first 75 words of 1163 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1163 total…years. It has caused protest, rebellion, and social and civil war because some people realized that everybody is equal and slaves should be free. All through the Anti-Slavery Movement people kept fighting for the abolishment of slavery. Many events happened to help this happen, like the anti-slavery newspapers, the Underground Railroad and the Emancipation Proclamation. All this fighting was worth it and in the end everybody involved in the Anti-Slavery Movement got what they wanted.