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1 Reforming American Society

2 Second Great Awakening
Awakens religious sentiment emotions Revival meetings Bible, reflection, sermon 1 in 6 Americans part of church

3 Unitarians and Transcendentalists
Unitarians- revival through reason Transcend. –truth through nature, ones self Romanticism inspired

4 African-American Church
Same as white churches Call to freedom- from mosses story North had own churches Political, cultural, social event centers

5 Slavery William Lloyd Garrison Anti-slave newspaper
Ends justified means

6 Fredrick Douglas Escaped slave Spoke for anti-slave organizations
Nonviolent Created own anti-slave newspaper “the North Star”

7 Life under slavery Hard Work Oppression Manumitted: freed slaves

8 Turners Rebellion Nat Turner 50 followers Attacked 4 plantations
Killed 60 whites

9 Abolition? Emancipation prevents slave revolts? Restrictions tightened
Argued slavery benevolent Women fought for abolition

10 Women mobilize for reform
Everything from abolition to education Distributed literature Collected signatures Help mentally disabled, and prisons too

11 Education for women No opportunity beyond elementary school
Troy, New York Girls school 1833 first 4 women with college educations Women’s health Canterbury, Connecticut Girls school

12 Women’s Right Emerges Elizabeth Stanton Women's rights conversion
Seneca Falls, New York: 300 women Sojourner Truth

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