Learn how the values and actions of Unitarian Transcendentalists and Black Anti-Slavery activists forged a powerful alliance for Abolitionist work. This message will also help inform and uphold our actions in the current fight for democracy and immigrant rights.

The Liberator, April 17, 1857. Masthead designed by Hammatt Billings in 1850. Metropolitan State University.

Abolitionists and Unitarian Transcendentalists were both social reform movements in the United States in the 19th century. Abolitionists fought to end slavery, while Unitarian Transcendentalists believed in human dignity and social justice.