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Who Was Lincoln An Abolitionist

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Abolitionist groups formed and grew in numbers. They handed out pamphlets and signed petitions. Many influential people and political figures like Lincoln were Abolitionist. Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation forever freeing all slaves. Lincoln was partly influenced Fredrick Douglass an abolitionist leader, who published his own newspapers and fought for the emancipation of slaves. Revolution strengthened the abolitionist movement for white Americans, who had fought and won independence from Britain. How can you fight for your independence and still take someone else’s away? The movement brought ideas about equal rights to the forefront, by enslaving someone you took away their rights of being equal. At this point in time slavery

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