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Communitarianism
Robert Owen advocated communitarianism as a nonviolent way to guarantee that employees were paid fairly for their effort. Owen, a British manufacturing owner, had rigorous workplace behavior guidelines, comfortable residences, and free public education. New Lanark became the world's largest hub for cotton manufacturing thanks to its 1,500 workers. -
American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society pushed for the gradual abolition of slavery as well as the colonization of Africa by black Americans. The society's plan was to buy slaves and set them free. They supported them after they arrived on the west coast of Africa and paid for their transportation there as well. They succeeded in founding Liberia, and from there they carried out their plan. -
New Harmony
A Harmony neighborhood in Indiana was bought by British factory owner Robert Owen, who named it "New Harmony." Owen built this community in an effort to change people's lives through their way of living. According to Owen, young children would be taken away from their parents at a young age to attend schools where they would be educated and groomed for the greater good. He also hoped by freeing women from their husbands, the inherent distinctions between sexes would disappear. -
Temperance Movement
The extreme amount of drinking that people have been engaging in, led to the Temperance Movement. The movement sought to significantly limit drinking. It sought to either assist people in keeping tabs on their drinking or help them stop drinking altogether. -
Common School
All students could attend common schools, which were funded by taxes. The leading educational reformer was a Massachusetts lawyer and a Whig Politician named Horace Mann. He hoped that by bringing kids from classes together through universal public education, equality would be restored. It also gave many women their first chance at a career. However, because education was not as prevalent in the south as it was in the north, it also contributed to the split between the north and the south. -
Feminism
International feminism was a movement. Most women had limited access to a number of services that may have advanced their personal lives. Many feminists maintained that women should be able to make decisions on their own. Margaret Fuller was a prominent feminist. Her father oversaw her education while it took place at home. Later, she joined the transcendentalist movement. She then rose to the position of full-time editor for the New York Tribune, being the first female to do so. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan created the American Anti-Slavery Society, an organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery. The society's objective was the immediate and complete abolition of slavery. To persuade people of the harshness of slavery, the group dispatched lecturers throughout the North. The speakers aimed to persuade listeners that slavery was wrong and wicked, and that it ought to be prohibited. -
Dorothea Dix
A Massachusetts schoolteacher named Dorothea Dix was a strong proponent of treating the insane with more humanity. When Dorothea started working as a teacher at the Cambridge Jail, she was horrified to see that inmates with mental illnesses were housed there with no support or medical attention. Before the Civil War, 28 states built mental institutions as a result of her work throughout the years. -
Gentleman of Property and Standing
The so-called "Gentlemen of Property and Standing" were actually South-friendly merchants. These individuals led several mobs that interfered with abolitionist gatherings in northern towns. Northerners believed that abolitionism would undermine the Union, interfere with the sale of slaves, and end white supremacy, which led to the emergence of these mobs. Elijah P. Lovejoy was among those who died as a result of a mob attack; he was defending his press at the time. -
Gag Rule
The gag rule was put in place by the House of Representatives as a large number of abolitionists arrived in Washington with petitions demanding emancipation in the capital. However, the gag rule would impede their petitions. The gag rule was repealed in 1844, largely due to John Quincy Adams. -
Liberty Party
The Liberty Party was founded by abolitionists who supported using politics to further antislavery objectives. The American Anti-Slavery Society was divided, and the Liberty Party stood up for the abolitionist cause. The party argued that the Constitution was a document that forbade slavery. -
Brook Farm
In order to show that manual and intellectual labor might coexist, Brook Farm was founded. This community was created by New England transcendentalists using Charles Fourier's, a French social reformer, as a model. Due of Brook Farm's emphasis on recreation, it was compared to a mini university. It mostly drew authors, educators, and a few ministers. In the end, Brook Farm was disbanded as a result of a novelist's skepticism. -
Woman Suffrage
After the Seneca Falls conference, women first gained the right to vote, which is known as woman suffrage. Seneca Falls served as the starting point for the ensuing 70-year fight for women's suffrage. The Declaration of Sentiments denounced the entire system of inequity that barred women from accessing jobs, higher education, and other opportunities. In the early women's rights movement, women persisted in their quest for equal rights, which included demanding access to all forms of freedom. -
Oneida
Oneida was a significant and controversial utopian community that John Humphrey Noyes established in upstate New York in 1848. Noyes went unusually far in his pursuit of the notion that man may attain moral perfection. He claimed in his sermons that he had attained such perfection—complete "purity of heart"—that he and his disciples had attained it. The severely authoritarian society of Oneida persisted right up until the year 1881. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about Tom, a slave who has had to endure abhorrent punishments and sales. The book was so well-liked that it sold over a million copies and served as inspiration for countless theater adaptations. By presenting slaves as regular men and women and as Christians who were at the mercy of slaveholders who tore up families and sent bloodhounds after innocent people, Stowe made a strong case for abolitionists and her readers. -
Summary
The feminist movement, in my opinion, marked a turning point between the 1820s and the 1840s. In today's society, feminism is still a topic of discussion. The world is how it is today because to all of the previous efforts undertaken in the name of feminism. Margaret Fuller and others like her served as an example for other feminists to follow. Because feminism permits women to be acknowledged more and more every day, it has a significant influence on history.
