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Ep. 190 Free speech and Abolitionism

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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The Abolitionist Movement in the United States

The abolitionist movement really kicks off and kind of full steam in the 1830s. The right to petition the government for redress of grievances is there in the First Amendment. So this is a constitutional right that these anti-slavery activists and abolitionists are exercising. But what happened on December 18, 1835 was unprecedented.

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