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Assignment: The Abolitionist Movement

Introduction

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

1. To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
2. To advance critical thinking and writing skills
3. To compile a response to the prompts provided
4. To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Read the following primary source:

Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) (Click on arrows to view all images of the document. Click on plus and minus signs to enlarge or reduce size of images.)

Then, address the following:

Question 1. Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?

Question 2. Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.

Question 3. Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.

Question 4. Analyze how the women's rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.