USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Northern abolitionists would assist the slaves in running away, or simply attempt to speak to people on the topic. By the 19th century, the institution of slavery was somewhat gone from the North, but this institution remained strong in the South because their economy depended on slave labor.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the decades leading to the Civil War, Boston became a center of the national antislavery movement, and in 1831 William Lloyd Garrison, “all on fire” for the cause, began publication of The Liberator, the country’s leading abolitionist newspaper.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Lloyd Garrison: A very influential early abolitionist, Garrison started a publication called The Liberator, which supported the immediate freeing of all enslaved men and women.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was through the efforts of Quaker abolitionists such as these that Pennsylvania became the first state to formally pass legislation ending slavery in 1780.