In the 1830s the abolitionist movement took on new momentum and energy, encouraged by the
a. British abolition of slavery in the British West Indies.
b. widespread fear of slave revolts after Nat Turner's rebellion.
c. success of the American Colonization Society.
d. growing movement of voluntary emancipation by slave masters.
e. growing political strength of the antislavery Liberty party.
a
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