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Did abolitionists favor limited slavery?
They favored no slavery. They wished to "abolish" slavery. Hence the term abolitionists.
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.
Abolitionists wanted to get rid of what?
Slavery.
Were Free-soilers the same as abolitionists?
No, they were not. Free-Soilers wanted to stop the spread of slavery, while abolitionists wanted to abolish it alltogether.
What did all abolitionists agree about?
End slavery
Were some abolitionists racists?
no the couldn't be or else they wouldn't be abolitionists no the couldn't be or else they wouldn't be abolitionists
People who actively worked to end slavery were called?
Abolitionists
How do you spell abolitionists?
abolitionists
Did all the abolitionists help with the underground railrod why or why not?
Most of the abolitionists supported the Underground Railroad because most of the abolitionists wanted to end slavery.
Was sojourner truth a abolitionists?
yes she was an American abolitionists and womans right activists.
What is the opposite of abolitionists?
The opposite of abolitionists would be slaveholders, or those who were pro-slavery.
Were abolitionists union or confederacy?
Union - though most Unionists were never Abolitionists
What is the name for individuals who advocated the ending of slavery and the slave trade?
Abolitionists
What is a name for people who worked to make slavery illegal?
There names were abolitionists.
The Wilmot Proviso was most likely to be supported by who?
Northern abolitionists.
What practice did American abolitionists want to end in the 1800s?
Abolitionists wanted to end Slavery
What is the prefix of abolitionists?
The prefix of "abolitionists" is "ab-" which means "away from" or "against."
