Intended for high school and undergraduate students, this work provides an engaging overview of the abolitionist movement that allows readers to consider histor

The abolitionist movement fought to end slavery long before the Civil War. Abolitionists campaigned for freedom for enslaved people. Abolitionists used print ma

“Traces the history of abolition from the 1600s to the 1860s . . . a valuable addition to our understanding of the role of race and racism in America.”—Fl

The abolitionist movement, which was a campaign to end the practice of slavery and the slave trade, began to take shape in the wake of the American Revolution.

Presents a narrative overview of the history of the abolitionist movement in America, providing information on its religious beginnings, its conflicts, and its