1. Welfare: Downfall Of America
There was rapid change occurring; from growing inequality, loosening family and community ties and other various social problems. ... Other reformers who were motivated by the social problems ignited by the war of 1812 and other societal problems advocated reforms for establishing public schooling, promote women's rights, and battle poverty among other various reforms. ... In The Liberator he proposes; that the self evident truth in the American Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights - among which ...
Evil spirits had to be gratified. Because of new problems and experiences and the general decay of the Africans' culture, the need for a new kind of religious expression and a new set of beliefs became apparent. ... Surviving "Africanisms" were evident in the slaves speech, music, in their folklore, and in their religion. ...