Discussion Highlight:

The slave trade, systems of slavery, slavery continuance and abolishment policies varied greatly geographically within North America. These variations produced competing ideologies for the continuance and abolishment of Chattel Slavery in the United States of America up to the start of the Civil War.

Discussion:

Discuss the initial forces (why and how) for the opposition to Slavery in the USA and how African Americans participated in the antislavery movements in the early nineteenth century. Your discussion must analyze the challenges facing slaves; anti-slavery and abolitionist movements fighting to end chattel slavery in the USA. Give specific examples you know to help your discussion (quotes are not required).