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Why did some people in the North not agree with the abolitionists?

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Answer: Convinced that Southerners would never abandon slavery willingly, Northern abolitionists focused much of their attention on fellow Northerners. They hoped to convince the citizens of the Northern states to force the South to eliminate slavery.

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Northern textile mills, northern merchants, and northern workers were afraid the newly freed African Americans would take their jobs.

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