African-Americans in the Abolitionist Movement

question 10

Multiple Choice

African-Americans in the abolitionist movement:

• A) were limited to the writings and speeches of Frederick Douglass.
• B) promoted the ideal of a color-blind society.
• C) showed that the movement was free from the racism that characterized American society.
• D) were limited because the American Anti-Slavery Society banned them from its board of directors.
• E) grew in number over time until, by the 1850s, the movement was dominated by blacks.

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