How Did The Abolitionists Contribute To The Civil War

There has always been issues that have divided people among a nation, but nothing that has been as destructive as the issue of slavery. The practice of slavery not only divided many families but divided a nation and started a war amongst them. The ability of not being able to compromise or to end the practice cause a division of a nation that would go down in history.
As every issue has two sides, here are the strong views that would lead the United States to war. The abolitionists were very demanding in their fight of abolishing slavery. They believed that slavery was a sin and that God did not want this. They looked to the bible where God communicated with Moses and showed him how to break the bonds of slavery from Egypt and led his followers to the promise land. The abolitionists had many outspoken men that were preaching how wrong slavery was, but
Even though Weld took approach of religious righteousness, and that the only way to proceed was to have immediate elimination or slavery now. While many other abolitionists believed that gradual emancipation and colonization was a better way to slowly phase out slavery. They believed by freeing the slaves that they could join the workforce and then be able to fend for themselves. The abolitionists proclaimed that personal freedom derived not from the ownership of productive property like land but from ownership of one’s self and the ability to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor. While the movement was to abolish slavery. Even though the abolitionists were mostly from the north, there were some northerners that the slaves should be freed, many believed that even though they were free that they did not have the right