The abolitionist movement had difficulty gaining supporters in the early1800s because
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- A.African slaves were content with their status
- B.there were no Africans in powerful positions in the government
- C.Africans easily found ways to flout the system of slavery
- D.Northern whites could ignore the wrongs of the slave system in the South and Southerners found it too profitable to end
- E.Quakers were a majority in the colonies and spoke out against slavery at an early date
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