Abolition of the Death Penalty

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"The movement toward abolition of the death penalty started early in the history of the United States. After the colonies became independent, anti-gallows societies came into being in every state along the eastern seaboard. By 1850, an American Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, started in 1845, was well organized. With the forces arrayed against slavery and saloons, the anti-gallows societies were among the most prominent groups struggling for social reform in America..


In the mid-19th century, the highwater mark was reached for the abolition movement when Horace Greeley, the editor and founder of the New York Tribune, became one of the nation's leading critics of the death penalty. In New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, abolition bills were constantly before the legislature. Earlier, in 1847, the Territory of..."

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