Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought. Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?

The Abolitionist Movement

Read the following primary source

https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.11801100/?st=gallery

Then, address the following:

Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?

Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.

Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.

Analyze how the women’s rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.