Well into the 1960s, historians taught their undergraduates that abolitionists such as william lloyd garrison, theodore dwight weld, and angelina and sarah grimke were irresponsible fanatics who brought on a civil war. what was radical about these reformers? speculate: what events in the 1960s might have contributed to historians reassessing their interpretation of the abolitionists?

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer of the United States. He is best known for being the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

All of these reformers were trying to change things in the US, trying to make things people free, all people free.

In that time, all the events that happened people was not in favor because they thought all of that were crazy and too big, radical. But it was the fight for freedom.

•an essay

•a mock-heroic epic  

•deals with cannibalism  

•introduces “sylphs” as guardian spirits  

•not a satire  

•written by daniel defoe

•written by alexander pope

•written by jonathan swift  

•criticizes the exploration of ireland  

•criticizes impulsive nature  

•criticizes the english upper class  

•playful tone  

•remorseful tone

•matter-of-fact tone  

“the rap of the lock”   written by alexander pope.

“a modest proposal”