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The humanities and social science

2022 Issue №1

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Sergeev V.V. Sirotkin S.O.

The schism of Abolitionist movement in the USA and Wendell Phillips's struggle in the Reconstruction era

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50-57
abolition movement Wendell Phillips the black issue Reconstruc­tion the United States of America

Abstract

This article focuses on one of the main persons of the abolition movement, Wendell Phillips. The author studies Phillips' role in abolition struggle du­ring the Reconstruction. The author describes Phillips' position the schism in the abolitionist movement in 1865. The author characterizes Phillips' position in the internal struggle with W. L. Garrison. The author examines Phillips' argument in favor of preserving the abolitionist organization for the introduc­tion of the black issue as central in the process of restoring the unity of the Union. The author expounds Phillips' reconstruction program and his strug­gle as a leader of the movement from 1865 to 1870.