African Americans have always been treated like animals by whites. It was as if they didn't even consider them people. In the 1800s, black people were tired of how they were treated and decided it was time to make a change. Thus, in the early 19th century, blacks created an organized anti-slavery movement. Unfortunately this movement did not last long and was not even very effective. But after 1830 a new prominent figure emerged and his name was William Lloyd Garrison. An abolitionist movement began that truly changed the nation as a whole. The movement that took place before 1830 had no real effect on the nation as a whole. The concept centered on colonization. They were trying to convince freed African Americans to move to Africa or the Caribbean. They created the American Colonization Society, which challenged slavery without questioning the ownership of slaveholders. This movement was unsuccessful because, unlike what happened later, instead of trying to keep all African Americans together, they tried to separate them, which did not help the cause of abolishing slavery. It just helped me. This was the difference between the early opposition to slavery and the later movement. In 1831, Garrison launched his weekly newspaper, the Liberator. This newspaper was about how people viewed slavery and how they viewed it in all the wrong ways. He argued that people should not see slavery as an evil influence on white society, but how it makes African Americans look bad. He also talked about the supporters of colonization, who were the ones who started an anti-slavery movement in the early 19th century, and how they weren't really against slavery. They were really trying… halfway… making sure state officials did not aid in the capture and return of fugitive slaves. While the movement was good for slaves, it truly divided the nation. Some people believed that it was necessary to deal with the situation in a peaceful and calm manner, while others decided that violence and riots were the way to go. There was also an even greater divide between freed African American slaves and whites. As you can see, the abolitionist movement in the 1830s was much more successful than the movement of the early 1800s. The movement in the 1830s changed the nation as a whole by dividing the country between abolitionists and anti-abolitionists. It also made slavery abolitionism a big thing. But Garrison's crusading cause, and the men and women who survived, were a constant reminder of how slavery was dividing America. Works Cited AMH 2010 brinkley