people who opposed slavery worked to abolish it or end it
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John Brown tried to end slavery by sacrificing himself for the life's of slaves.
The abolitionist movement largely ended in 1863 with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, which made slavery illegal. Since the abolitionist movement had been founded to try and abolish slavery, it's work was done.
Zachary Taylor did try to free the slaves
Some did yes. Especially the Quakers
Abraham Lincoln had gradually become convinced that slavery was morally and ethically wrong, and that it had to end. Southerners were certain that as president, Lincoln would take steps to end slavery and free the slaves. Plantation owners, who relied on slave labor, were especially opposed to what Lincoln wanted to do, but even most ordinary southerners agreed that their states should have the right to own slaves.