#9: Abolition

On this week’s episode we scratch the surface of the Abolition Movement spanning from the American Revolution through the Civil War.

We highlight some of the motivations and catalysts for the cause -- from the Second Great Awakening to the House of Representatives -- as well as some conductors of the Underground Railroad, like Harriet Tubman.
We also take a peak behind a door that leads to a chamber where one of America’s greatest statesman and champion of abolition died.

 

LINKS:

-Gag Rule, Right to Petition Cane

https://americanhistory.si.edu/democracy-exhibition/beyond-ballot/petitioning/gag-rule

-Lindy Boggs Room
https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Capitol/Lindy-Claiborne-Boggs-Congressional-Womens-Reading-Room/

-Underground Railroad

https://freedomcenter.org

-John Quincy Adams

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-quincy-adams/

-Philadelphia Underground Railroad Sites

https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/underground-railroad-in-philadelphia/#underground-railroad-landmarks