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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.

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