The Abolitionist Movement and the Civil War Reconstructed: A Study of Margaret Walker’s Jubilee

The examination of Margaret Walker's Jubilee has enabled us to understand that the Abolitionist Movement is initiated in the North of America by a category of white Americans who are now against slavery which they used to praise. This means that in this fight for the abolition of slavery, Blacks are no longer alone. They are helped by some white Northerners who, after reaching a certain level of economic development, decide then to ban slavery in spite of the opposition made to them by some Southerners like Grimes and Salina, to quote only two. The movement later results in a civil war opposing the Union Troops to the Confederate ones. It is only after three years of fighting that Blacks open the door to freedom thanks to the “Emancipation Paper” signed by President Abraham Lincoln who is viewed as a “Moses” by all abolitionists.