Other wirters (it doesn't matter who, and I'm only echoing comments I have read elsewhere) place the blame far earlier. Yes, Marxism and Communism can be blamed for much, but calling for the abolition of Slavery would be stretching it a bit, especially when you consider Great Britain outlawed it decades earlier, early 19th century.
Other wirters (it doesn't matter who, and I'm only echoing comments I have read elsewhere) place the blame far earlier. Yes, Marxism and Communism can be blamed for much, but calling for the abolition of Slavery would be stretching it a bit, especially when you consider Great Britain outlawed it decades earlier, early 19th century.
Permit me a disclaimer: I'm by no means arguing that slavery was a good institution. But at least in the USA, the abolition movement was primarily a Northern, which is to say Puritan, social movement. Turns out (or at least, so claimed my source) that nearly all major reform movements (again, in USA history) can be traced, at least in part, to parts of our culture that had their roots in Puritan ethics. You could probably find a similar analysis for other nations. No one era or area can take all the blame (or credit) for social revolutions. How about the French Revolution of late 18th century? Or the Protestant Reformation launched by Luther a few centuries prior? Etc. All of these, and many more you and I've probably never heard of, produced profound ripples downstream and still affect us to the present day.
Other wirters (it doesn't matter who, and I'm only echoing comments I have read elsewhere) place the blame far earlier. Yes, Marxism and Communism can be blamed for much, but calling for the abolition of Slavery would be stretching it a bit, especially when you consider Great Britain outlawed it decades earlier, early 19th century.
Permit me a disclaimer: I'm by no means arguing that slavery was a good institution. But at least in the USA, the abolition movement was primarily a Northern, which is to say Puritan, social movement. Turns out (or at least, so claimed my source) that nearly all major reform movements (again, in USA history) can be traced, at least in part, to parts of our culture that had their roots in Puritan ethics. You could probably find a similar analysis for other nations. No one era or area can take all the blame (or credit) for social revolutions. How about the French Revolution of late 18th century? Or the Protestant Reformation launched by Luther a few centuries prior? Etc. All of these, and many more you and I've probably never heard of, produced profound ripples downstream and still affect us to the present day.