Download or read book The Abolitionist Movement, Revised Edition written by Tim McNeese and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. In the years leading up to the Civil War, the movement continued to gain strength, largely due to the determination of such leaders as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown. The Abolitionist Movement, Revised Edition is a thorough exploration of this seminal movement in American history. By offering readers numerous photographs, insightful text, a chronology, a bibliography, and suggestions for further reading, this eBook makes the people and events associated with abolitionism come alive in a potent yet accessible manner.