How Did the Abolitionist Movement That Arose in the 1830s

question 27

Multiple Choice

How did the abolitionist movement that arose in the 1830s differ from earlier antislavery efforts?

• A) Actually, the two movements were quite similar in every way; the later one was simply more well-known because more people were literate by the 1830s.
• B) The later movement drew much more on the religious conviction that slavery was an unparalleled sin and needed to be destroyed immediately.
• C) Earlier opponents of slavery had called for immediate emancipation, but the later group devised a plan for gradual emancipation that won broader support.
• D) The later movement banned participation by African-Americans, because they feared that their involvement would cause a backlash.

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