"...this is the first instance, that we have ever known, of a set of young gentlemen at school, dreaming themselves into full-grown patriots, and setting seriously to work, to organize a wide-spread revolution . . . to elevate a whole race of human beings in the scale of moral dignity." |
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Thesis
During the Antebellum period, the debates at the Lane Theological Seminary incorporated college students into the abolitionist movement, turning them into protesters and moral crusaders. The Lane Rebels changed the abolitionist mindset from one of colonization to integrating African Americans into society.
"These meetings [the Lane debates] were of tremendous importance in the development of events that were to lead to the Civil War, for they marked a turning point in the transition from mild antislavery proposals to an aggressive abolitionism."
-Francis Weisenburger, historian (The Passing of the Frontier 1825-1850,1941)
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From Pulpit to Protest: Ohio's Lane Rebels
Abby White and Marcia Brown | Senior Division | Group Website
From Pulpit to Protest: Ohio's Lane Rebels
Abby White and Marcia Brown | Senior Division | Group Website