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The movement to end slavery was called the Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement.
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Fredrick Douglass i think
People in the abolitionist movement
In the period before and during the US Civil War , a person who wanted to end slavery was called an Abolitionist - because he or she was in favor of the abolition of slavery. A good example of an abolitionist is Abraham Lincoln in America, but in England, William Wilberforce was one of the major abolitionists.Although Lincoln was personally against slavery he was not an abolitionist. An abolitionist wanted to end slavery all at once as an of the government. Lincoln saw no solution to the slavery problem and worked for keeping the UNion whole as his priority.
A person opposed to slavery was called an abolitionist. An abolitionist can refer to someone ho supports an end to anything, but was used specifically to refer to those opposing slavery.
Yes, because he wanted to end slavery, but he did not want to end racism.
Lincoln did not like slavery and wanted to end the practice eventually but he was not an abolitionist. He respected the Constitutional right to own slaves.
they wanted to end slavery
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The movement to end slavery was called the Abolitionist Movement
abolitionist
The Abolitionist Movement.
The goal of the abolitionist movement was to end slavery, promote racial equality, and ensure the rights and freedom of enslaved individuals. Abolitionists advocated for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the establishment of laws that prohibited slavery.
Aberham Lincoln