Slavery was a major factor in helping America become an economic powerhouse by allowing wealthy plantation owners to have a source of free labor, but opposition to slavery increased in the late 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Although antislavery movements existed before the Revolution, the movements influenced slavery in the North but had little impact in the South. It was not until the 1830s that antislavery actions became influential enough to change America's acceptance of slavery . The abolitionist movement of the 1830s had a greater impact on the nation as a whole than the antislavery movement before 1830 because it brought into vogue the issue of fighting slavery that seemed to be at an impasse. The abolitionist movement of the 1830s was facilitated by William Lloyd Garrison and his transformation of abolition, free black abolitionists such as Fredrick Douglass, and the emergence of abolitionist politics. The abolitionist movement of the 1830s had a more influential impact on the nation than the antislavery movement. before 1830 because of William Lloyd Garrison and the ways he transformed abolition. Before the 1830s, antislavery movements existed, but none had enough impact to stop slavery in the South or to call attention to the horrors of slavery. William Lloyd Garrison challenged the narrow struggle against slavery by expressing his philosophy through his weekly newspaper, the Liberator. Garrison used his article to show a new perspective on slavery. He declared the hardships slaves faced and quickly attracted a large group of antislavery followers known as the New England Antislavery Society. This society eventually grew in parts of the nation and became the American A......middle of paper......anti-slavery gang was a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe called Uncle Tom's Cabin. The novel sold 300,000 copies in just one year of publication and the effects of the novel's publication led to increased support for abolition which influenced the attempted schism between the North and the South. The abolition of slavery was not It was an immediate event and many events led to an increase in support for abolishing slavery. While the events leading up to the abolitionist movement of the 1830s had support, they had only a minority and did not connect the nation as a whole as the revolution did. The Revolution of 1830 made a greater impression on the entire nation than the pre-1830 movements because of William Lloyd Garrison and the various ways he transformed abolition, the influence of black abolitionists, and the advent of abolitionist politics.