slavery was first founded in 1749.
The American Antislavery Society was founded in 1833.
The Democratic-Republicans
william Lloyd Garrison
Slavery was a paradox in the United States because it contradicted the ideals of liberty and equality upon which the country was founded. While the nation proclaimed itself as a land of freedom, it allowed the existence of a brutal institution that denied basic human rights to millions of African Americans. The contradiction between the principles of democracy and the reality of slavery led to a deep tension and eventually contributed to the Civil War and the end of slavery.
There is just one year to go before the world marks 200 years since Britain abolished the slave trade. To start the countdown to 25 March 2007, Anti-Slavery International is launching four e-cards to help the public harness the abolitionist spirit to end slavery today. This is what I found. It was a movement for Anti-Slavery.
Slavery was not founded, it has been around since ancient times (much more than 5000 years).
The American Antislavery Society was founded in 1833.
William Lloyd Garrison founded the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Slavery was tolerated at the founding of the United States because some of the most powerful of the States were slave states and would not agree to abolition of slavery. If slavery had not been tolerated, the country would not have been founded in the first place
Willima Lloyd Garrison
The American Anti-Slavery Society .
The Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in the United States, was ratified in 1865. The Ku Klux Klan was founded the same year.
in 1833
It was formed by anti-slavery activists committed to the opposition of the expansion of slavery into the territories.
The Quakers strongly supported the abolition of slavery and founded the world's first anti-slavery society in 1775. They were a religious group known for their beliefs in social justice and equality, which led them to actively campaign against the institution of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln who founded the Emancipation Proclamation to stop slavery Abe Lincoln
the American Anti-Slavery Society