LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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to help Southerners catch runaway slaves
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to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories
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to give slaves the right to vote
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to eliminate slavery in the United States
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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: -After the Civil War began in 1861, abolitionists rallied to the Union cause. They rejoiced when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring the slaves free in many parts of the South. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in the country.
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.