America's History sixth edition by James a Henrietta, David broody, and Lynn Dumenil Slave Power

America's History sixth edition by James a Henrietta, David broody, and Lynn Dumenil Slave Power

In many ways the abolitionist movement can be seen as a failure as it failed to persuade white Americans to love and want to free black slaves. However, the movement was to help cause many within the two communities, North and South, to fear and be suspicious of the other.

Southern Fears

Northern abolitionist denunciations infuriated the South. They believed that such Northern interference threatened their way of life and pointed to the ...