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Abolitionists were a group that opposed slavery on moral grounds. They believed that owning and exploiting other human beings was morally wrong and fought for the abolition of slavery in the United States. Prominent abolitionists included Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison.
abolitionists
Appalachian mountain whites
puritans Quakers accepted slaves in there new colonies
The group of people during the Civil War that were opposed to slavery were referred to as abolitionists. One of the most famous abolitionists was Benjamin Franklin, who was a leading member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, one of the first formal organizations for abolition in the United States.
The Republicans.
Prominent figures who opposed slavery and the slave trade include William Wilberforce in Britain and Frederick Douglass in the United States. They were key figures in the abolitionist movements in their respective countries, advocating for the end of the transatlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery.
Whigs
by promising them food shelter and warmth along the underground railroad
The group that was the most opposed to socialism were capitalists.
The republican party formed because a group of whigs and democrats felt that their parties weren't taking the slavery issue strongly enough.
American Anti-Slavery Group was created in 1994.