What societal ills/problems were reformers of this group aiming to improve? What fears lay beneath their efforts? Were their reform efforts successful? Why or why not? Choose one of the reform movements or utopian communities that you found most interesti

Required reading:

Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, Volume 1, Chapter 12

More details on individual reform movements (multiple pages to peruse): http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3540 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Angelina Grimké's 1838 speech at Pennsylvania Hall: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2939t.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Excerpt from David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, 1829: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech "What to a slave is the Fourth of July?" (read in this video clip by actor James Earl Jones): https://publish.dvlabs.com/democracynow/flash/dn2015-0703-001.mp4?start=137&end=480 (Links to an external site.)

Instruction:

Must be 2 pages (Double space).

All the reading MUST be Cited in Chicago format.

NO PLAGIARISM.