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Following the Missouri Compromise, Northern states feared southern expansion would limit their political power with the rise in slave states. The so-called "Free-Soil" abolitionists thus emerged, who opposed the expansion of slavery and advocated that all unorganized territory be regarded as free.

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A surge in nationalism following the War of 1812 led to a resurgence of revolutionary ideals. These beliefs in inalienable rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) were used as a means of condemning slavery.

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A surge in religiosity among slaves led many to realize their humanity. In The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison even remarked, "away with the horrible incongruity of giving them oral instruction, of teaching them the catechism, of recognizing them as suitably qualified to be members of Christian churches, of extending to them the ordinance of baptism, and admitting them to the communion table, and enumerating many of them as belonging to the household of faith!”

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Prevent southern expansion of slavery

Advocate for emancipation, though to varying degrees

"Free-Soil" abolitionists  only sought to prevent the spread of slavery; all unorganized territory would be free.

Some advocated for the gradual emancipation of slaves.

Others, like William Lloyd Garrison, called for immediate emancipation.

Spread Abolitionist Ideals Through Printed Material

William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator

Frederick Douglass's three autobiographies

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Abolitionism- From William Llord Garrisson to John Brown

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“I am a believer in that portion of the Declaration of American Independence in which it is set forth, as among self-evident truths, "that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Hence, I am an abolitionist. Hence, I cannot but regard oppression in every form-and most of all, that which turns a man into a thing-with indignation and abhorrence.”
He was a firm believer in the extension of inalienable to all, even to slaves. He believed that it was unpatriotic to deny basic human liberties to slaves when the United States was founded on the very principle of inalienable rights

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Creator of the Liberator Newspaper, a pro abolitionism news source
Founder of the 1832 New England Anti Slavery Society
Founder of the 1833 American Anti Slavery Society, gaining mass polularity and within 5 years it grew to 1350 Local Chapters in the Northeast.

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William Lloyd Garrison’s background in writing and his sentiments of the old Federalist Party as well as his own morality, grew from idle words in a politically oriented newspaper to a deep drive and sense of self that led him to crusade an abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States. From founding two different Abolitionist Societies to accusing the Constitution as a pro-slavery document to even supporting dissolving the Union, in which he believed that slave and non-slave states should in fact remain separate, William Lloyd Garrison played a major part in the success of the Abolition movement and in the defense of natural human rights.

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Increased Animosity Between the North and South

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Increased Animosity Between the North and South

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Abolitionism played a key role in the division between the North and South, where Southern planters felt personally victimized by Northern “elitists” who had no right to criticize the institution of slavery. This increased animosity between the two regions would eventual,y lead to the Civil War.

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William Lloyd Garrison’s idea of immediate emancipation of all slaves appeared in the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in rebel states. Though the Civil War would not end for another two years, the Emancipation Prooclamation remained in effect, and all slaves were eventually freed.

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Though all slaves were freed following the Civil War, their emancipation did not solve the massive racism and prejudice that had persisted for hundreds of years. The remnants of slavery reappeared in the form of Jim Crow laws that segregated the black and white communities.