How did President Andrew Jackson Respond to southern postmasters who barred abolitionist literature from being sent through the mail?

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Rioting in Its Jacksonian Setting

The American Historical Review

Vol. 77, No. 2 [Apr., 1972]

, pp. 361-397 [37 pages]

Published By: Oxford University Press

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The Elijah Burritt Affair: David Walker's Appeal and Partisan Journalism in Antebellum Milledgeville

The Georgia Historical Quarterly

Vol. 83, No. 3 [FALL 1999]

, pp. 448-478 [31 pages]

Published By: Georgia Historical Society

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What was President Jackson's reaction to abolitionists and their literature?

President Andrew Jackson banned the post office from delivering Abolitionist literature in the south. A "gag rule" was passed on the floor of the House of Representatives forbidding the discussion of bills that restricted slavery. Abolitionists were physically attacked because of their outspoken anti-slavery views.

Which black abolitionist was the president of the Philadelphia Anti

William Still
Occupation
Abolitionist businessman philanthropist
Known for
Working for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society Writing The Underground Railroad Records
Spouse[s]
Letitia George ​ [ m. 1847]​
Children
4
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How did militant abolitionist view Abraham Lincoln during the election of 1860 and the first year of the Civil War?

How did militant abolitionists view Abraham Lincoln during the election of the 1860 and the first year of the Civil War? The often opposed his policies, which they believed did not take a sufficiently firm or consistent stand against slavery.

Whose is the author of appeal which was first published in 1829 and startled many Americans with its call for a violent uprising to end slavery?

Whose Appeal, first published in 1829, startled many Americans with its call for a violent uprising to end slavery? William Lloyd Garrison.

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