Changing Abolitionism Answers

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Moldering means “rotting.” Who are “the sons of bondage”?

slaveholders

enslaved people

all Americans

This song presents Brown as a

noble hero.

violent murderer.

hapless victim.

Why did some fugitives go to Canada instead of staying in Northern states?

Canada’s Fugitive Slave Act was less harsh than the one passed by the United States.

Fugitives risked being captured in Northern states.

Former enslaved persons were not allowed to live as free people in Northern states.

The increased activity of the Underground Railroad in the 1850s suggests that

Southern states were becoming more lenient toward people who escaped enslavement.

fewer enslaved people were running away.

there was growing willingness in the North to aid fugitives seeking freedom.

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