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Quakers Stop Owning Slaves
Quakers started to dislike slavery in the 1670s when they held slaves in Barbados, but they first openly denounced slavery in the 1680's. Quakers stopped owning slaves in 1776.
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The Slave Trade Ended
Once the slave trade ended, Northern shipping communities no longer had interest in slaves, however, Northern factory workers liked the cheap cotton that the South provided. Even though the North stopped owning slaves in the early 1800's, many Northeners still accepted Southern slavery.
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The Second Great Awakening
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton meet
Women were not allowed to speak at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London they had to sit in the balcony behind a curtain, this is where Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton met. They both agreed that something had to be done about the injustices suffered by women. -
Dorothea Dix teaches Sunday School
Dorothea Dix decided to teach Sunday school at a jail. The events she saw take place there made her determined to change jails to better their inmates.
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Brook Farm is Ceated
Many trancendentalists tried to create perfect communties during the 1930's and 1940's. One transendentalists, named George Ripley, strated one of these near Boston. The people who lived in Brook Farm tried to live in harmony by cooperating in their jobs. -
Seneca Falls Convention
On July 19 1848 around 300 people, including some men met at the Seneca falls Convention to write the Declaration of Sentiments, a proposal for women's rights. These men and women modeled the Declaration of Sentiments after the Declaration of Independence. The Seneca Falls created a strong support for the fight for women's rights.
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State Governments Stop Putting Debtors in Prison
By 1887 debtors could no longer be imprisoned. Before, debtors were imprisoned for owing money, even less than $20. Because they were locked up, they could not earn money to pay off their debts. Consequentially, they had to stay in jail for an extended period of time. Now, the debtors could pay off their debts.
