The movements shared a common support base, and many abolitionists advocated, or were active in, the womens rights movement, or vice versa. For the urban poor, a very few were able to attend private charitable schools. KEY TERMS: 1. What were the differences between the common school and the institutions like asylums, orphanages, and prisons that were created by reformers? Soon after, the movement disintegrated. b. There are two main strands of literature on the antislavery origins of the sectional crisis. However, abolitionism developed significantly over the 1800s. Chief among these physicians was Dr. Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania. Simultaneously, the slaves, women, and children were told that obedience to their master was their Christian duty. Also, become productive, self-disciplined citizens. Such music remained after the revival and itinerant preacher were long gone. The experiment in Liberia proved to be, in many ways, a failure; hundreds died from disease soon after emigrating. Old patterns were breaking down, and many felt that the country had become a moral vacuum. Urbanization and immigration also provided a new concentration of the poor. \text{Sales}&& \$13,920,000\\ This page titled 13.3: American Antebellum Reform is shared under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Catherine Locks, Sarah Mergel, Pamela Roseman, Tamara Spike & Marie Lasseter (GALILEO Open Learning Materials) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform; a detailed edit history is available upon request. 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For example, Virginia passed legislation making it illegal to teach slaves, free blacks, or mulattoes to read or write. The reform impulse was not solely confined to the United States; Europeans were also in the midst of their own reform efforts. It's was the best answer at the time for white Americans. \text{Other Current Liabilities}& 460,000 &200,000\\ Although Vesey's plans failed, southerners became terrified of losing control over slaves. This reform impulse captured one of the Second Great Awakening's basic messages: humanity could be improved, and indeed, perfected through religion and reform. After the conspiracy was quelled, white Charlestonians accused black congregations of the same offense: falsifying and misinterpreting the Bible. For some women, church membership and the new Christian message offered more personal power and greater personal freedom, as becoming active in the church was considered to be acceptable feminine conduct. Camp meetings were so called because, on the sparsely populated frontier, many attendees had to travel long distances to the meeting and camp out at the location. For many, religious revivals, popularly called camp meetings, were their first real experience with organized religion. Dr. William Ellery Channing, one of the leading preachers and theologians of the Unitarian Church, preached on the great potential of humans. Nevertheless, the American Colonization Society (ACS) emerged as the main voice of colonizationists in the United States. You should study the financial statements before responding to these questions and problems. Their intense and emotional atmosphere inspired a tremendous number of conversions. \text{Salaries Payable}& 300,000& 240,000\\ The abolitionist sentiment was also present in the South. \quad\text{of \$100,000 in 2012 and \$160,000 in 2013)}& 600,000 &500,000\\ What were the major tactics of antebellum reform? Leadership and authority within the church was the exclusive domain of white men. \text{Net Income}&& \$ 4,400,000\\ But one of the greatest frustrations that many black abolitionists faced was the racism they sometimes experienced from their fellow white abolitionists. The colonizationist wanted antislavery but the want to segregation between white and blacks. He ended his appeal by writing, I will not equivocate- I will not excuse- I will not retreat a single inch- and I will be heard. Along with an immediate end to slavery, Garrison also espoused racial equality as an absolute necessity to ending the institution without massive bloodshed. Many mentally ill individuals eventually ended up imprisoned as well, as no facilities for the treatment of the mentally ill existed. Douglass was perhaps the most famous, influential, and vocal black abolitionist. \text{Less Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization}& (4,000,000) &(3,800,000)\\ Many prominent African American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass were members of the Society. To what degree was antebellum reform international in scope? Both were popularly-rooted movements that emphasized conversion and a spiritual rebirth through personal religious experiences. 13 A House Divided - Revi, DepreciationofPlantandEquipmentandAmortization, BasicEarningsperCommonShare(Basedon1,600,000, DilutedEarningsperShare(AssumingConversionof, AccountsReceivable(NetofEstimatedUncollectibles, of$100,000in2012and$160,000in2013), LessAccumulatedDepreciationandAmortization, TotalLiabilitiesandShareholdersEquity, Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, John David Jackson, Patricia Meglich, Robert Mathis, Sean Valentine, Information Technology Project Management: Providing Measurable Organizational Value, Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume, David Twomey, Marianne Jennings, Stephanie Greene, Bible Survey- Final EXAM !!!! American reformers believed that their country was destined to become a great democracy. Gabriel, a blacksmith, was often leased out to work for others; in this more relaxed system, he was able to move more freely and recruit conspirators, a pattern that was only enhanced by the summers revival meetings. In 1837, Angelina wrote to William Lloyd Garrisons The Liberator. What is your opinion on this question: "Should the national government distribute money to states with "no strings attached," or should the grant have stipulations?" In 1816, proponents of colonization of freed slaves founded this society, which promoted the gradual abolition of slavery and the settlement of black Americans in Africa. They formed abolition groups together to voice their opinions and fought in arguments over women's suffrage. Before the early 1800s, education for most Americans was very basic. Over the next two days, the insurrectionists killed some sixty white men, women, and children. While not all Americans were active in the various reform movements, taken together, the reform impulse was a powerful force that characterizes the antebellum era. This led to a women's movement that would run side by side with the abolition movement for equal rights among all people that live in the United States. Some, like Garrison, favored fiery calls and no moderation; at a rally in 1854, Garrison asserted that there could be no union with slaveholders and called the U.S. Constitution as the document that perpetuated slavery a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell. Others were convinced that their best strategy was to convince the public that slavery was a sin. Two of the most significant reform movements to come out of the reform period of 1820-1840 were the anti-slavery movement and the womens rights movement. For most, this meant a few months of schooling a year in a one-room rural schoolhouse. In the early nineteenth century, a succession of religious revivals collectively known as the Second Great Awakening remade the nation's religious landscape. Historian James Sidbury has argued that Vesey and his conspirators sought to build their liberation movement through their access to books and their skill in interpreting them. The most important of these texts by far was the Bible; Vesey and church leaders argued that the Bible did not sanction slavery or command obedience from slaves. The creation of asylums, for criminals and for the mentally ill, was society's reaction to the overcrowded and inhumane state that . Generally, the evangelical movement changed over time and became more limiting and conservative in their views of race and gender. Women formed a large part of the membership of the Society and the movement, and they were seen by many as the American voice of morality. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. What is its accounts receivable turnover? 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