This is what we refer to as a counterfactual question in History. No one source is society can contribute to the alleviation of social ills. The Constitution did not recognize African Americans as citizens. Thus, as enslaved people they would not be guaranteed protections under the law. Native Americans and Hispanic Americans were also marginalized. Women, too, were marginalized. These protections would need additional legislation as well as a seachange in attitudes.
he abolitionists saw slavery as an abomination and an affliction on the United States, making it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. They sent petitions to Congress, ran for political office and inundated people of the South with anti-slavery literature.
