Question

What were Abolitionists of the early 1800s influenced by

Answer 1

Frederick Douglass' powerful speeches and his publication of the North Star

Answer 2

Unlike previous efforts, the abolitionist movement began as a more organized, radical, and urgent endeavor to eliminate slavery. Around 1830, it became a legal entity. Historians think that beliefs expressed during the Second Great Awakening religious movement influenced abolitionists to fight slavery.

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