Question

The Abolition Movement, which began in the northern states, was sparked during which event?

Answer 1

Answer: the American Revolution

Explanation: During the American Revolution, many people began to question the institution of slavery. The colonists wondered how they could be fighting for freedom from the British while the African Americans were still held as slaves. Following the victory in the Revolution, the northern states began to abolish slavery. Between 1790 and 1804, all of the states in the North passed emancipation acts.

Answer 2

Though slavery was now abolished in the late 1700s in the Northern states while the Southern states were still practicing slavery. The abolition movement began through the efforts of William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe and other prominent proponents of abolition who believed that slavery was a crime.