Who were known as the abolitionists? people who demanded the emancipation of slaves/ plantation owners of the southern colonies/ fugitive slaves who escaped from their owners/ people who voted against the us constitution /the slave traders of africa

people who demanded the emancipation of slaves.

Abolitionism refers to the movement in the United States to end slavery. Abolitionism became particularly strong with Enlightenment, as many thinkers saw slavery as contrary to its ideals.

Immediately after the Revolutionary War, many Northern states passed legislation abolishing slavery. However, the process was slower in Southern states. Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists campaigned for the emancipation of slaves in the South, and as a result of the way, slavery was declared unconstitutional in 1865.

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.

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