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Anti Slavery Dbq

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During the 19th century, slavery was one of the biggest controversial. Slavery was hated from one side of the country and needed, at least to the people with large farms, in the south. The actions taken by the private citizens was more important. The citizens wrote petitions, women’s participation started a sudden change, and the abolition movement. Petitions were one way these citizens took control when it came to anti-slavery. It started out with a Maine representative who introduced a petition that was, “signed by 172 women calling for the abolition of slavery.” Abolitionists, a person who is against slavery, also wrote petitions to the congress in the 1830s. Petitions were not often pass by the congress; most were vetoed or not looked
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