The Northeners that opposed abolition were the people who profited from it, sach as the textile mill owners and merchants who relied on slave labor in the South for cotton.
Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
Urban white workers and wealthy industrialists from the North supported the South in its resistance to abolition.
An antiabolitionist is a person who opposed the abolition of slavery.
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Various groups opposed the abolitionist movement, including Southern slaveholders, pro-slavery politicians, and white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan. These groups benefited economically and socially from the institution of slavery and feared the consequences of its abolition, such as loss of labor and power dynamics shifting. They often used violence, intimidation, and legal mechanisms to preserve slavery and suppress the abolitionist cause.
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copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
Slaves were being used for agriculture and owners liked slavery labor.
Quakers, william wilbeforce & his campaign and many more- google it.