Only some men who lived in Rome were full members of the new republic. These men were called citizens. Roman citizens had many p
rivileges, or things that only they could do in the city of Rome. But citizens also had many duties, or things that they had to do to help the city of Rome.
Most southerners opposed the antislavery societies because the blacks were the only ones who really could do a good job and the whites did not want to pay them.
