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The Second Great Awakening

Religious Revival and discovery spread throughout the country.
The revival leads to the encouragement of taking responsibility for society as a whole. - moral responsibility
This leads to an impact on the abolitionist movement.

The Abolition Movement

Inspired by Second Great Awakening
Abolitionists (those who wanted an end to slavery)
I.e. Quakers
The movement grew quickly in the North.
Anti slavery gets its spark due to the passing of the Missouri compromise
- The Missouri Compromise allowed for Missouri to become a slave state with the admission of Maine as a free state.

Abolitionists

Abolitionists are people who believed in ending slavery
Notable Abolitionists included:
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Susan B. Anthony
- John Brown
- Harriet Tubman
- Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass:
- Former slave who escaped slavery on his own.
- He published the North Star (an abolitionist paper) and his own memoir titled Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
**William Lloyd Garrison: **
- Published the Liberator which was an Abolitionist paper
- Radical in his belief that slaves should be emancipated immediately with no compensation to the slaveholders and provided full equal rights.
Susan B. Anthony:
- - Actively worked against Black women and men from voting.
Harriet Beecher Stowe:
- Wrote and published the Book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that discussed the horrors of slavery
  - Wrote and published the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that discussed the horrors of slavery
  - Assisted with encouraging people to join the abolitionist movement
  - Increased the tension between the North and the South

John Brown & Harper’s Ferry

Was an abolitionist that was categorized as more radical
He organized and led the Raid on Harpers Ferry:
- Brown attempted to seize the federal arsenal and distribute the weapons to slaves in the area to start an uprising.
- Brown and his men were captured and ultimately hanged
Harriet Tubman:
- Was a former slave who assisted other slaves with escaping from slavery
- She was a main conductor on the “Underground Railroad”
  - Underground Railroad was a network of people and religious groups that assisted in helping former slaves escape slavery
  - They offered aid and shelter
  - She freed over 300 herself

Sojourner Truth

Outcomes of the Abolitionism

Caused more tensions betwen the North and the South
Abolitionism was illegal in the South.
The U.S Postal Service was banned from distributing/delivering documents or publications (Newspapers) that support Abolitionism Many who opposed Abolitionism resorted to violence
- Elijah Lovejoy was killed by a Pro-Slavery mob in Illinois because they wanted to destroy the publication’s printing / press materials

Women’s Rights Movement

Women started to push back against the ideology of the “Cult of True Womanhood,” an idea centered around women being submissive and regulating their home and family only.
Movement was focused on the advancements of the rights of white women, not all american women
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- A Women’s rights advocate
- Helped organize the first woman’s rights convention and primary author of the Declaration of Sentiments.
Lucretia Mott
- A Women’s rights advocate and abolitionist
- Helped organize the first woman’s rights convention and co-author of the declaration of rights and Sentiments
- Believed abolitionism and women’s rights were connected ( you can’t have one without the other)

Seneca Falls Convention

The first woman’s rights convention in U.S. history, held in New York in 1848.
- Focusde on the social, civil , and political rights of women
Led by Stanton Lucretia Mott
Resulting document: Declaration of Rights and Sentiments:
- Focused on grievances and demands
- Inspired by the Declaration of Independence
- Signed by 100 people, including Staton, Mott, and Frederick Douglass

Temperance, Utopian Societies & Mental Health

What is Reform?

Education

Alcohol

Temperance Movement
- Ban the consumption of alcohol.
- The American Temperance Society was formed in 1826.
- Women like Carrie Nation smashed up saloons with a hatchet

Dorthea Dix

Was an educator who established schools in Boston and Worcester.
Was a strong advocate for Menatl Health and Prison Reform.
Assisted int he Civil War as a Superintendent of Female Nurses.
Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, NC is the site of what used to be the oldest Psychiatric Hospital in NC.

Mental Health-Asylum Reform

The mentally ill should be treated in hospitals not prisons.
The push for those with mental health issues to not be seen as violent or criminal
Access to care was limited for those who were Poor.

Prison Reform

Prisonsers should be rehabilitated rather than just punished so that they could rejoin society.
Dix visited different prisons (Public & Private), to document the harsh conditions that inmates faced specifically in Massachusetts.

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