I am not a historian but I believe it was almost entirely moral. I don't see why it would have been politically or economically useful to denounce slavery. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, but years...
Since Quakers believed that all men and women are equal in the eyes of god, they believed that all slaves should be treated equally, and some others agreed.Revivals encouraged people to reform their...
They fought for slavery in different ways. Many abolitionists wrote in newspapers and books to express how they felt about slavery. William Lloyd Garrison, one of the most vocal abolitionists, began...