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Slavery is not a fun topic to talk about, it is one of the worst chapters in United States history and its something no American is proud of. Mightier then the Sword by Rodger Streitmatter puts Abolition as probably the second most important achievement in US history after the American revolution. He centered most of this chapter around different journalists who made a difference in this movement like Rev. Elijah Lovejoy, William Lloyd Garrison and all of those who helped start the first African-American newspapers. A lot of blood was lost during this movement, many innocent African Americans were killed, hanged, or burned alive all because they wanted to have what every white man had during that time and that was freedom. This movement also caused another important moment in US history, the civil war. This movement was started with words like "NO UNION WITH SLAVE HOLDERS"(Pg 33). I also feel like Abolition of slavery led to women rights movement. And both movements received the same support from most newspapers, none.
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I liked how you touched on three separate yet linked movements in your post.
ReplyDeleteWell slavery might not be fun to talk about, but your writing style made it fun to read about!
ReplyDeleteI like how you tied in other rights movements and this being the precursor to them all. Puts perspective on where we came from as a country and were we have been, and I start to think about where we are going!