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Michael's avatar

Were they? Not sure this analogy works.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Ohh, the abolitionists were blasted for “tearing the nation apart.” Lincoln himself was in favor of gradual emancipation before the war. He thought that slavery would last till 1900. His only demand was that slavery not be extended to any new state.

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Michael's avatar

I’m not sure these protestors are quite the same as abolitionists.

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