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Explores reasons for the emergence in the 1830s of a new sense of immediacy in the movement to abolish slavery in the US. It is argued that this transformation cannot be explained by traditional social movement theories; the limitations of collective identity, frame alignment, & political opportunity structure theories are delineated. It is contended that increasingly radical calls by whites -- particularly in the North -- for the immediate abolition of slavery & a commitment to racial equality for African Americans can be traced to the emergence of a new religious temperament & emotional culture that made these issues of paramount importance to a new generation of evangelicals. The development of antislavery societies separately from the benevolent societies that emerged from mainline religious denominations is chronicled. New evangelical notions of slavery as a sin are reviewed, & linked to the emotional fervor with which these new abolitionists waged a "moral protest" against slavery. 1 Table. K. Hyatt Stewart