Question

The abolitionist movement had difficulty gaining supporters in the early 1800s because _________.

• 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

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Northern whites could ignore the wrongs of the slave system in the South and Southerners found it too profitable to end

Northern whites could ignore the wrongs of the slave system in the South and Southerners found it too profitable to end