Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
An abolitionist strategy that sought to change the status of African Americans through persuasion by appealing to morality and ethics, opposed by radical resistance advocates in the 1830s and 1840s.
AP course connection
Topic 2.19: 2.19 Black Political Thought: Radical Resistance