Question Description
In the 1820s, 1830, and 1840s, the Second Great Awakening helped to inspire a reformist impulse across the nation. One of those movements centered on an effort to abolish slavery in the United States; of course, the desire to eliminate slavery did not go unchallenged. In this activity, you will examine the views of antislavery (abolitionist) and proslavery writers in the antebellum years. This essay will help you better understand a controversy that permeated American life in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Required Readings
Read the following pro- and anti-slavery documents ATTACHED BELOW
- Pro-Slavery
- George Fitzhugh Advocates Slavery
- Disease
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