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What political party was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery?
The Liberty Party called for an end to slavery. The Liberty Party became the Republican Party.
How did the Liberty Party want to end slavery?
The Liberty party wanted to end slavery by having it declared unconstitutional. The Liberty party argued that enslaving a person was in direct conflict with the United States constitution.
Why did the Framers not abolish slavery when they wote the constitution?
Slavery was economically and culturally entrenched in the southern states in the late eighteenth century. The southern States would not have supported the ratification of the Constitution if it had called for the end of slavery.
What did the confederate Constitution called for the end of the slave trade but not?
I think you are confused. The confederacy wanted to keep slavery.
Why were the antislavery reformers called abolitionists?
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.
