What was the title given to persons who tried to eradicate slavery?

What was the title given to persons who tried to eradicate slavery?

• A. Abolitionists
• B. Emancipators
• C. Reformists
• D. Pacifists

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is who fought to end slavery. People who worked to end slavery were called abolitionists. They argued that slavery was morally wrong and campaigned for its abolition through writings, speeches, petitions, and helping enslaved people escape or gain freedom. The term abolitionist captures the goal of ending slavery itself. Emancipators describes freeing enslaved people, which is related but not the common label for the movement. Reformists refer to those seeking broader societal changes, not specifically slavery, and pacifists focus on opposition to war, not abolition.

The idea being tested is who fought to end slavery. People who worked to end slavery were called abolitionists. They argued that slavery was morally wrong and campaigned for its abolition through writings, speeches, petitions, and helping enslaved people escape or gain freedom. The term abolitionist captures the goal of ending slavery itself.

Emancipators describes freeing enslaved people, which is related but not the common label for the movement. Reformists refer to those seeking broader societal changes, not specifically slavery, and pacifists focus on opposition to war, not abolition.