Answer: A. Several publications in the mid 1800s made the cruelties of slavery public in the north.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, which allowed Missouri to become a slave state, further increased anti-slave sentiment in the Northern states. The abolitionist movement began as a more organized, radical and immediate attempt to end slavery than earlier movements.
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B- on the recommendation of Congress
A. Ordinary people are capable of governing themselves. I THINK