He credited his mother Sally Laws Henderson Long with inspiring his early antislavery sentiments.

Wallie had not previously met antislavery sentiment in the World to match his own and he agreed wholeheartedly.

During the 1740s and 50s, antislavery sentiment took a firmer hold.

James had previously expressed antislavery sentiments, but Maria urged him towards more active expression and involvement.

He claimed that his antislavery sentiments were based on a higher natural law, rather than just on the rights of the Constitution.

But by the early 1830's, the growing power and organization of antislavery sentiment in the North was challenging the perpetuation of this silence.

During the 1800s, antislavery sentiment remained strong.

I'm not the only one to feel this way, though most of the antislavery sentiment is in the Northern states.

The 1838 "Am I Not a Man & a Brother" token, which catered to antislavery sentiments in the Northeast, was one of hundreds of these tokens.

For even though the text was written by a white woman, it was essential in stirring up much antislavery sentiment - even in countries as far away as England.