What did the abolitionists try to end before the civil war?

Answer 1

They were trying to end slavery altogether, though this did not look hopeful, as the Abolitionists were vocal but not very numerous.

Meanwhile their objectives were to ban any new slave-states in the Western territories. This would have meant the South being increasingly out-voted in Congress, which would pass laws hostile to Southern interests.

It was this quarrel that led to the Civil War.

And it was the war - not Abolitionist debate - that led to the end of slavery.

Answer 2

The antebellum anti slavery abolitionists were a group of people located for the most part in the US Northern States that wanted slavery abolished. Their particular area of concern was in the South where up until the time of the US Civil War had approximately 4 million slaves.

Answer 3

The abolitionist movement in the US wanted to abolish slavery. Their efforts before the US Civil War were hampered by the fact that the US Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision declared that slavery was legal.

Answer 4

They wanted to end slavery

Answer 5

End slavery