American Anti-Slavery Society
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The American Anti-Slavery Society was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist organization in the United States that campaigned for the immediate end of slavery through moral persuasion, activism, and widespread publications.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist organization
→
nonprofit organization → social reform organization → |
| causeOfSplit | disagreements over women’s rights and political action → |
| conflictWith |
American Colonization Society
→
many southern state governments → pro-slavery politicians → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| dissolved | 1870 → |
| earlyStrategy | nonviolent moral persuasion → |
| experienced | internal split in 1840 → |
| foundedBy |
Angelina Grimké
→
Arthur Tappan → John Greenleaf Whittier → Lewis Tappan → Samuel J. May NERFINISHED → Sarah Moore Grimké →
surface form: "Sarah Grimké"
Theodore Dwight Weld → William Lloyd Garrison → |
| hadBranch |
local anti-slavery societies
→
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society →
surface form: "state anti-slavery societies"
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City → |
| historicalPeriod | Antebellum era → |
| historicalSignificance | major national organization advocating immediate abolition before the Civil War → |
| ideology |
abolitionism
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anti-slavery → pacifism (early years) → |
| inception |
1833
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December 1833 → |
| influenced |
Republican Party anti-slavery politics
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abolitionist movement in the United States → emergence of women’s rights movement → |
| locatedIn | Philadelphia → |
| membership | included both Black and white abolitionists → |
| motto | immediate emancipation → |
| notableMember |
Abby Kelley Foster
→
Angelina Grimké → Charles Lenox Remond → Frederick Douglass → John Greenleaf Whittier → Lucretia Mott → Lydia Maria Child → Maria Weston Chapman → Samuel J. May NERFINISHED → Sarah Moore Grimké →
surface form: "Sarah Grimké"
Sojourner Truth → Theodore Dwight Weld → Wendell Phillips → William Lloyd Garrison → |
| opposed |
colonization schemes to Africa
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slavery in the United States → |
| organized |
1833 Philadelphia convention
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annual anti-slavery meetings → national lecture tours → petition drives to the U.S. Congress → |
| positionOnRace | equality of Black and white Americans → |
| positionOnSlavery | immediate abolition without compensation to slaveholders → |
| positionOnWomen | support for women’s public activism → |
| publication |
Anti-Slavery Examiner
→
The National Anti-Slavery Standard →
surface form: "National Anti-Slavery Standard"
The Anti-Slavery Record → The Emancipator → The Liberator → |
| purpose |
abolition of slavery in the United States
→
promotion of immediate, unconditional emancipation → |
| regionOfActivity |
Midwestern United States
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Northern United States → |
| resultedIn | formation of American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → |
| supported | use of political action by some members (later years) → |
| usedMethod |
boycotts of slave-produced goods
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mass petition campaigns → moral suasion → newspaper publishing → printed pamphlets and tracts → public lectures → public meetings and conventions → |
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