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== Abolitionist Movement, Print Culture, and Freedom Networks == | == Abolitionist Movement, Print Culture, and Freedom Networks == | ||
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Abolitionist print culture helped spread antislavery arguments, while freedom networks helped people escape slavery and resist federal enforcement. Political crises such as the Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, and the Civil War transformed abolitionist demands into national issues. The Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment marked major victories, but the movement’s broader demand for equal rights continued into Reconstruction and later civil rights struggles. | Abolitionist print culture helped spread antislavery arguments, while freedom networks helped people escape slavery and resist federal enforcement. Political crises such as the Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, and the Civil War transformed abolitionist demands into national issues. The Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment marked major victories, but the movement’s broader demand for equal rights continued into Reconstruction and later civil rights struggles. | ||
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