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What were Northerners who were violently opposed to slavery called?
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∙ 8y ago
Abolitionists.
The Northerners who were violently opposed to slavery were called the Quakers. Quakers were a religious group who found slavery to be a "peculiar institution."
The violence had to be internal as at that time most Quakers did not support armed force inside the US on social issues.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Free Soil Party, mainly comprised of former anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats pushed the superiority of the free worker and fought to stop the expansion of slavery. Much has been said about the economic advantage slavery gave the wealthy plantation owners. This advantage was a disadvantage to the white free worker who could not compete against non wage workers who would inevitably cheapen their worth as workers.
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∙ 13y agoThey were called Abolitionists.
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What were southern extremists on the issue of slavery called?
They were called extremists, but the Northerners termed them as "fire-eaters", for their belligerent conduct. Later they became known as the confederates or rebels, but only during the Civil War.
What is an abolitionist?
A person opposed to slavery and in favor of ending it. The word 'abolish' means to do away with. The person wants to abolish slavery; that's why they are called abolitionists.
What were northerners who moved to the south following the civil war called?
Caperbagger
What is the opponents of slavery?
SOMEONE AGAINST SLAVERY WAS DAVID BECKHAM called abolitionists. Nat Turner, Harriet B. Stowe, Fredrick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles and John Henry Langston, Robert Purivs, Theodore Weld, and Abby Kelley Foster
Why did northerners call the war with Mexico Mr Polk's war?
They (wrongfully) believed that president James K. Polk's aggression was an attempt to extend slavery. They called it this to take away national support of the war. Actually, he wanted California at all costs. He got away with it, but ultimately, the new acquired territories vs. slavery question led to the American Civil War.
What where the northerners that were against slavery called?
Federalists
What were northerners called who did not agree with slavery why were they?
They were called abolitionists. They were opposed for economic reasons. They didn't agree with it because they didn't think they could compete for jobs with free labor.
What were northerners called who objected to slavery's impact on free white workers?
Free Soilers
What were people called when they opposed slavery?
Abolitionists
What are the people called that harshly criticized slavery?
It was the abolitionists who were extremely opposed to slavery.
What were people who werent against slavery called?
Most Northerners were not Abolitionists, and there was no particular name for them. As the war went on, the anti-war Democrats were called Copperheads. These were pro-slavery.
People who opposed the spread of slavery new states were called?
Abolitionists
What were the congressional republicans who opposed Lincoln's handlinsh of the war and the slavery issue called?
Copperheads.Congressional republicans who opposed Lincoln's handling of the war and the slavery issue were called radicals. Those that were willing to have peace at any price were called copperheads.
When People who opposed the spread of slavery to new states were often called?
Abolitionists
What were the abolitionists viewpoints on slavery?
They're called abolitionists because they wanted to abolish slavery. They hated it, thought it was morally wrong, and wanted it to end. They were usually northerners or previously slaved southerners
How did the southerners and northerners react to John Brown's raid?
Southerners were outraged at John Brown's attempt to steal weapons and ultimately free slaves, while northerners called him a hero and martyr. They believed that he died to for the cause of the abolition of slavery.
The pro slavery groups that went to kansas to try to keep slavery legal?
I'm not very sure what your question is. But pro-slavery men snuck over and burned building of Northerners or non-slavery people. They burned official buildings and murdered 5 people. This was called "Bleeding Kansas."
