The southern states reacted negatively to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. They were shocked and protested against Abraham Lincoln's election because they were not in favor of his propaganda to free the slave states (which mostly were in the Southern parts).
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and John Brown all believed that slavery should be abolished. The people who share this common belief are called Abolitionists.
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life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
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