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Massive Revival held at Cane Ridge, Kentucky
Cane Ridge, Kentucky, USA was the site, in 1801, of a large camp meeting that drew thousands of people and had a lasting influence as one of the landmark events of the Second Great Awakening. Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians all participated, and many of the "spiritual exercises", such as glossolalia, were exhibited that later became more associated with the Pentecostal movement. Perhaps the most lasting legacy of Cane Ridge was a formalization of what would become known as the Restoration -
American Temperance society organized
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation. -
Charles G. Finney evangelizes Rochester, New York
Finney was known for his innovations in preaching and religious meetings such as having women pray in public meetings of mixed gender, development of the "anxious seat", a place where those considering becoming Christians could come to receive prayer, and public censure of individuals by name in sermons and prayers. He was also known for his use of extemporaneous preaching. -
William Lloyd Garrison publishes first issue of the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States. Garrison was also a prominent voice for the women's suffrage movement. -
Abolitionists found American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of the society and often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was another freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had 1,350 local chapters with around 250,000 members -
Theodore Weld advocates abolition in Ohio and upstate New York
Theodore Weld wanted immediate emancipation in the Western Reserve. Immediate abolition of slavery is what he believed in. -
American Temperance Society splits into factions
The group split into two factions: one branch followed Garrison, denounced the Constitution, and joined ranks with women’s rights efforts. The other branch, led by Louis Tappan, formed the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and advocated “moral suasion,” which honored the Constitution and did not insist on immediate change. -
Massachusetts establishes a state board of education
This is the oldest board of education in our country. Horace Mann was appointed the first secretary. -
Elijah Lovejoy killed by a proslavery mob
Lovejoy died trying to pretect a warehouse that belonged to someone else, but held his printing press. After his death, he was seen as a martyr and statues were erected in his recognition. -
Model community is organized at Brook Farm
Life on Brook Farm was based on balancing labor and leisure while working together for the benefit of the greater community. Each member could choose to do whatever work they found most appealing and all were paid equally, including women -
Feminists gather at Seneca Falls and found the women's rights movement
This was a convetion in order to give women their rights. The Declaration of Sentiments stated that women be given the right to vote and that married women do not have to give up everything to their wifes -
Henry David Thoreau's Walden published
The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self reliance