Why was it possible to abolish slavery in the North but not in the South? How did African Americans respond to the abolition of slavery in the northern states?

Please provide the best answer for the statement.


The ideal answer should:
1. Describe the role of the differing economies that produced the abolition of slavery in the northern states. The climate of the northern states prevented lucrative plantation agriculture in contrast to the South, where the climate was perfect and political power became concentrated in the hands of slaveholders.
2. Explain that religion played a role in abolition in the northern states through Quaker antislavery sentiment, the Enlightenment, and the First Great Awakening.
3. Outline how black people responded in varying forms to abolition in the northern states by escaping from slavery in the South and taking the first steps toward creating their own communities.

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