The Abolitionist Movement

Required Resources:
1 primary source that corresponds with your selected topic (noted in the topic instructions)
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:
To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
To advance critical thinking and writing skills
To compile a response to the prompts provided
To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Instructions:
Address the corresponding questions/prompts for the topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Read the following primary source:
Link (website): Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)
(Links to an external site.)
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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.

Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page
In-text citations that correspond with your end references