How Did the Abolitionists Link Themselves to the Nation's Revolutionary

question 41

Multiple Choice

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

• A) They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery.
• B) They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery.
• C) They used mob action, just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act.
• D) They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty.

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