CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION…………………………………..…………………………….3 CHAPTER I. TRANSCENDENTALISM AND SOCIAL REFORM. 1.1.Transcendentalism in America………………..…………………….………….5 1.2. Theodore parker ………………………………………………………….…...9 CHAPTER II. ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT 2.1.What Is an Abolitionist?....................................................................................11 2.2. Missouri Compromise………………………………………….…………….13 2.3. Famous Abolitionist.........................................................................................14 2.4. Rift Widens Between North and South............................................................17 2.5. Abolitionist Movement Ends............................................................................19 CHAPTER III. ABOLITIONISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM 3.1. Henry David Thoreau……………………………………...…………………21 3.2 Publication of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s abolitionist poetry………..…...23 CONCLUSION ………………………………………...………………………..25 REFERENCES……………………………….………………………………….28