Radical Actions of Abolitionis

DBQ: Radical Actions of Abolitionists Thesis: By 1836 the abolitionists acted radically by demanding an immediate end to slavery and recognition of equality. Written for Document Based Question section on the Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam. Radical Actions of Abolitionists Before 1836, the abolition movement was restricted to a few northern radicals. However, organized societies and effective campaigning, increased northern support against slavery while free blacks used their freedom to organize slave resistance in the South. …

…who supported emancipation not because they believed in racial equality, but because they felt slavery was an unjust Southern advantage. Most of the North was not ready for such a radical step forward towards racial equality. While the abolitionist movement turned radical in 1836, many abolitionists remained conservative. Many abolitionists still supported the American Colonization Society. Unfortunately, because some abolitionists became radical, the movement separated. This separation my have weakened the anti-slavery movement as a whole.