Objective 2.06

1. Objective 2.06 Evaluate the role of religion in the debate over slavery and other social movements and issues.

2. Second Great Awakening • 2nd great religious revival in U.S. history and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings. Also encouraged evangelicalism. • Charles Grandison Finney: known for his preaching and conducting of religious meetings. Allowed women to pray in public and developed the "anxious bench," a place where those considering becoming Christians could come to receive prayer.

3. The Abolitionist Movement • William Lloyd Garrison: northern abolitionist who wrote The Liberator. • Frederick Douglass: abolitionist and former slave who wrote The North Star. • David Walker: born a free black in Wilmington, NC. Abolitionist, famous for his pamphlet Walker's Appeal, which called for black pride, immediate emancipation, and defended violent rebellion for slaves to gain freedom. • Grimke Sisters: born in Charleston, SC, to a large, slave-owning family. Sarah (1792-1873) and Angelina (1805-1879), were 19th-century American Quakers, educators and writers who were early advocates of abolitionism and women's rights.

4. Moral Dilemma of Slavery • Evangelicalism reappeared in American life in causes dealing with prison reform, temperance, women's suffrage, and the crusade to abolish slavery. • Garrison, Grimke Sisters, Walker, Douglass, and Finney were all abolitionists.