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Massive Revival
A crowd of fifty thousand gathered at Cainridge, Kentucky. -
American Bible Society
The American Bible Society distributed of 140,000 bibles. -
Finney;s Revivals
Finney conducted a series of successfull revivals of religion in New York. -
ATS
The American Temperance Society was founded, which made members take a pledge to abstain from drinking distilled beverages. -
Disagreement
An Evengelical sumit meeting between Beecher and Finney failed to reach and agreement. -
Evangelized
Charles Finney evangelized Rochester, New York. -
Asylums
In New York a young clergyman published a report of ten thousand prostitutes in the city, this lead to asylums for abandoned women. -
Abolition
Abolitionists found American Anti-Slavery Society. Was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. -
American Anti Slavery Society
Bombarded congress with petitions, mostly calling for the abolition of slavery in DC. -
Abolition in Ohio and upstate NY
Theadore Weld advocates abolition in upstate NY, and Ohio. -
ATS splits.
ATS splits into smaller groups. -
Horace Mann
Horace convinced the legislature to enact a state board of education. -
Elijah Lovejoy killed
Abolitionists editor Elijah Lovejoy killed by a pro slavery mob. -
Again Anti slavery
Bombarded congress with petitions, mostly calling for the abolition of slavery in DC. -
Withdraw
Garrison's American followers withdrew because they didnt accept women. -
Anti Slavery Society Splits
The American Anit slavery society splits over womens rights and other issues. -
Transcendentalists
Transcendentalists organize a model comunity at Brook Farm. -
Womens rights.
Feminists gather at Senica Falls, NY, and found the womens rights movement. -
Oneida Community
was established in Oneida New York, and was inspired by an unorthadox brand of Christian perfectionalism. -
Walden
Henrey David Thoreau's Walden was publish.
