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Because abolitionists are fighting for abolitionism which is the movement to end slavery. Reformers such as Dorothea Dix were fighting for the insane who were being mistreated. So in a way abolitionists are reformers but they are fighting to end slavery.

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Who were the reformers who worked to end slavery?

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Who were reformers who moved to end slavery?

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