LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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agreed
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disagreed
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The abolitionists saw slavery as an abomination and an affliction on the United States, making it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. They sent petitions to Congress, ran for political office and inundated people of the South with anti-slavery literature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Increasing Tide of Anti-slavery Organizations In 1833, sixty abolitionist leaders from ten states met in Philadelphia to create a national organization to bring about immediate emancipation of all slaves. The American Anti-slavery Society elected officers and adopted a constitution and declaration.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were some reasons that abolitionists opposed slavery? For some people it was against religious reasons, it was morally wrong and it went against what the American Revolution fought for which was liberty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “moral depravity” and a “hideous blot, ” but continued to hold human beings as property his entire adult life.