The abolitionist movement was a social and political push for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. Advocating for emancipation separated abolitionists from more moderate anti-slavery advocates, who argued for gradual emancipation, and from âFree-Soilâ activists who sought to restrict slavery to existing areas and prevent its spread.
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The Equal Rights Amendment was one of the changes made to the original United States Constitution. This amendment was first introduced in 1923, but it did not pass through the House of Congress until 1979.This amendment was designed to make gender equality a constitutional right.t is only the Equal Rights Amendment that makes it a legal right for civil, human and diplomatic rights for all. Thee rights are not generally protected under just the constitution for all genders, but are only made equal for all citizens through the Equal Rights Amendment.