Social Reforms During The 1840s

After the rebellion and the death of Nat Turner, Garrison and Knapp, whom believed that Negroes had as much to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as whites enjoyed, published the 'Liberator'; in Boston, demanding that slaves be emancipated and freed. Though it cannot be said with certainty that this was the one major event that sparked the

Chapter 8: “I Will Be Heard” follows William Lloyd Garrison and his battle against slavery. The chapter discusses Garrison’s past and how he became such an advocate for emancipation. William Lloyd Garrison was born on December 1805 in a small town called Newburyport, Massachusetts. As a child, Garrison had no direct knowledge of slavery as he was not really exposed to it, but what caused him to be the leader of a crusade against slavery? He was heavily influenced by his mother and a publisher of the Newburyport Herald. However, it was the Herald where Garrison obtained his first political views. Garrison was fascinated by the idea of the press, and he becomes an apprentice to the publisher at the Herald. Unfortunately, his journalistic career collapsed in 1828, and he then moved to Boston for a fresh start. In Boston, Garrison meets Benjamin Lundy, a publisher of the antislavery sheet who had traveled through slave states making claims of abolition. Although their affiliation did not last long, Lundy basically inspired Garrison to protest against slavery. In 1831, Garrison and his partner Isaac Knapp wrote an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator. The Liberator was a continuous newspaper that fought against slavery, and it was in the first issue where Garrison wrote, “AND I WILL BE HEARD.” The Liberator sparked a small fire against slavery that continued to grow.

Walker’s language alarmed slaveholders and white civilians, but Walker died before creating the abolitionist movement. The appearance in 1831 of The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison’s weekly journal published in Boston, gave the new breed of abolitionism a permanent voice. Some of Garrison’s ideas were too radical, but his call for immediate abolition was echoed by many. Garrison, like many other black men, rejected colonization.

William Lloyd Garrison was a leader among the American abolitionists, a self-made journalist, and social reformer. He was world renown, considered one of the most vocal opponents of slavery before the Civil War. Garrison made an impact on the abolitionist movement by promoting non-violent and non-political resistance, calling for the immediate end to slavery as well as equal rights for black Americans.

Champion of women’s rights, Susan B. Anthony ultimately became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement in the 19th century. Anthony invested fifty years of her life advocating for the social and legal equality of women.

The late 1800s were filled with many different types of reforms. These reforms sometimes made society better, other times they just made society worse. Some different types of reforms are known as, housing reforms, work reforms, fighting for civil rights, courts and labor laws, the different types of unions, government reforms, state reforms, city reforms, and election reforms. Then in the early 1900s different reforms came about, such as, opportunities for women, opportunities for women included higher education and employment. Opportunities for women sprung about letting them gain political experience, like getting healthcare and welfare for children, they began the prohibition era, Next in 1902 soon after Roosevelt took office Pennsylvania coal

Garrison began writing on the newspaper to demonstrate his commitment towards helping African Americans how he viewed gradual emancipation as an immoral and unachievable solution. In the first publication of The Liberator he demanded that the immediate emancipation of slaves was the solution for bondage. At the beginning Garrison only had a few followers, he had more people against him than supporting him. At some point the non-supporters were worried of losing their property (slaves) and lose the money they invested in them. But at the same time garrison was not alone and his few supporters backed him up by stablishing the American Anti-Slavery Society. A society in which members shared the same way of thinking and the same ideas about immediate emancipation. Garrison believed that in order to make a step forward on the movement he and his followers had to do it peacefully. He was against violence and by creating a platform like The Liberator he was able to do so. The liberator was not only for him to communicate his side on slavery, but also to urge African Americans to unify against slavery and racial subordination. Subsequently, he became a target for many of the people that did not agree with his points of view. Often, his life was threaten but he did not intimidated

One of the most far-reaching contributions she made was on the women in the state. During a time period when women did not play active roles in public, she demanded for Prohibition and for greater attention towards women who were victims of alcohol abuse. She

Later on, abolitionists began to coin the phrase “immediate emancipation” for the slaves. People, such as William Lloyd Garrison of Massachusetts, knew that this was unrealistic, and thought the direct renouncement of the action of owning slaves was more realistic (p. 80). The most straightforward acts of abolitionism were made by African Americans themselves. Former slaves such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth were some of the greatest abolitionists because they knew how harsh the institution

During the 19th Century there were many reform movements that took place. Reform movements were movements that were organized to reform or change the certain way of things. Reform movements did not always work but the ones that did greatly changed the way our nation operates today. There were three major reform movements that have altered the nation; the abolitionist movement, the temperance movement and the women 's suffrage movement. Without these movements, and the great leaders involved, many common rights would not exist today.

In 1831, Garrison published the first edition of the “The Liberator”. The newspaper was only successful due to the free blacks who subscribed it. Approximately 75% of the readers were free blacks.

During the years leading up to the American Civil War, passionate people grab and hold attention of thousands. The issues surrounding slavery brought out strong emotions. Passionate people wrote, give speeches and acted in support of their beliefs in the face of adversity. Some well-known examples that addressed slavery and inspired others include William Lloyd Garrison publishing “The Liberator” in 1831, Eli Lovejoy dying for the cause of emancipation in 1837, John Quincy Adams arguing that the “gag rule” violated the constitutional rights of petition, even for slaves in 1837, Harriet Beecher Stowe writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1853, John Brown raiding Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1855 and George Fitzhugh proclaiming in the book “Cannibals All!” that all wage workers in the

During the 19th Century, three prominent thinkers John Stuart Mill, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Karl Marx had their own ideas of an ideal society. These individuals had their own unique view of the perfect society. However, they all have something in common with their visions: all of these excerpts discussed an oppressive entity. In all of the three ideal societies concocted by these men, tyrannical governments or oppressive societies are obstacles to their visions.

The task was now taken up with vigour and enthusiasm. Rituals and ceremonials of the new church were formulated, the most prominent among these being the system of initiation. It started with the initiation of Debendranath and his friends in 1843. The initiated Brahmo was a new phenomenon in the history of the faith. Along with initiation came the special status of membership system or compulsory subscription for the initiated was introduced. A notable doctrinal change that took place was the abandonment of the belief in the infallibility of the Vedas. Rationalists like Akshay Kumar Dutta within the fold of the Samaj, found themselves unable to believe in any apaurusheya sastra (infallible scripture). The Hindu College group of intellectuals associated with the Tattwabodhini Sabha were also sharp critics of the doctrine. Ultimately Debendranath was also convinced of the truth of the standpoint. It was decided and formally declared that the basis of Brahmoism would henceforth be no longer any infallible book, but "the human heart illumined by spiritual knowledge born of self-realisation". Hindu scriptures however continued to be respected without being considered infallible and Debendranath compiled two volumes the Brrahma Dharma, a selection of suitable passages from the Hindu sastras and wrote the Brahmo Dharma Vijam (the Essence of Brahmoism) consisting of four short aphorisms for the use and guidance of worshippers.

In the early 19th century, Napoleon rose to power in Europe. In 1804, a young man, visited his empire. In 1808, he conquered Spain. In 1810, the Spanish colonies rebelled, and the leader of the army of the republic of Venezuela was that young man, Simon Bolivar, regarded by many as the greatest genius that the Latin American world has ever produced. His life was profoundly influential on the history of the Americas, and it changed them for the better.