In the 1820's, many people believed that African Americans could not exist with a white society. They believed that African Americans were inferior although most free blacks considered America their home. African Americans began to receive support from the whites for abolition, the call to outlaw slavery. They were also helped by preachers who believed slavery was a sin.

Aboltion/ Emancipation Reform

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