In the 19th century, slavery was a highly controversial issue with a variety of views and beliefs on what steps should be taken to end it . In the early 1800s, the anti-slavery approach was very different from that which continued after 1830. Anti-slavery began with the goal of recolonizing African American slaves in their home countries, but slowly lost its effectiveness and evolved into the abolitionist movement to which various noted figures who worked to abolish slavery contributed; this later sparked a powerful and violent war against slavery that effectively showed that measures taken after 1830 had far greater influence than those of the early 19th century. The launch of opposition to slavery in the first decade of the 19th century awakened an organized anti-slavery movement whose goal was to peacefully change the slave population in the South. This organization was known as the American Colonization Society. They proposed that slave owners free their slaves and that society reward them with money. They moved slaves around the Caribbean, to their homelands in Africa, or to new colonies, often outside the country. The American Colonization Society was funded by various donors, charities, and legislatures. They were very well imagined, but their efforts were only effective for a limited period due to the enormous amounts of funding needed to compensate slave owners and ship freed slaves to their new colonies. There were far too many slaves and it was certain that the plan would never achieve economic sufficiency to carry out their project, not to mention the fact that the growing cotton industry in the South...... middle of paper... ...i-abolitionist, riots and undoubtedly a tendency to divide the nation. These opponents became radically fanatical, and in addition to arguing against slavery, they also raised arguments against the government. In summary, the lines of action against slavery were very distinct before 1830 because of the goal of equality for all African Americans that abolitionists had espoused. argued. They always held strong positions, even if they had anti-abolitionists who questioned their goals. This caused the nation to find itself in an internal war. The nation became divided in its beliefs and in the efforts to find stable ground, violence was unleashed. This proves that the power that the abolitionist movement exercised over the nation after 1830 was much greater than the failed attempts at colonization in the early years of the 19th century.. 2010