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15 pages in length. The quest for eradicating slavery was an objective undertaken by a combination of both blacks and whites; while the black population represented the vast majority of abolitionists, there were enough of those from the white race whose voices made the effort count. Still, the ultimate realization of antislavery efforts proved a long and arduous road, with slave narratives serving as a primary component in this eventual reality. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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from the white race whose voices made the effort count. Still, the ultimate realization of antislavery efforts proved a long and arduous road, with slave narratives serving as a
primary component in this eventual reality. "Free African Americans were integral to the abolition movement...Some of the greatest contributions to the movement came from fugitive slaves...who spoke to antislavery
meetings and shared their firsthand accounts of what slavery was like, even at the risk of being recognized, captured, and sent back into captivity. Many fugitives or former slaves
also wrote narratives, funded and published by antislavery groups, that told the stories of their lives and promoted the movement" (Anonymous). II. ANTISLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES
Before the time of the Civil War, the Supreme Court put forth little effort on the meaning of equal protection. The court instead attempted
to interpret a Constitution that had definite compromises on the issues of slavery. The two pertinent issues with regard to this were the extent of the federal governments power
over states and the question of slavery itself. How could slavery exist on the one hand when the Declaration of Independence in no uncertain terms gave all people unalienable
rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? The American Dilemma represented one of myriad times in United States history where the
concept of slavery was ripe for change. Thomas Jefferson, a man who openly abhorred the very practice of human servitude against ones will, openly vocalized his contempt by claiming
the institution as "a crime, an abomination, and a wasteful, dangerous, and immoral system of labor" (The American Dilemma). Indeed, he held the power to make significant changes to
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