How did abolitionists want to change American society in the early 1800s? They wanted to stop people from drinking alcohol to ex
cess. They wanted everyone to have access to free public education. They wanted to improve conditions in hospitals for mentally ill people. They wanted to end the practice of slavery and free enslaved workers.
They wanted to end the practice of slavery and free enslaved workers.
Explanation:
The abolitionist movement was a movement that defended the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of any racial discrimination and segregation. There was a division within the abolitionist movement, some of them were moderate anti-slavery others were more radical. The moderate defended gradual emancipation.
