The first leading abolitionist was Dred Scott in 1897.
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Southerners hated abolitionists because they would speak out against slavery. If there was no slaves than no one would work the fields for the rich men.
The abolitionists were members of the growing band of reformers who worked to abolish, or end, slavery.
abolitionists were mostly from the northern states because in the south slaves were used to work but in the north they had free labor.
It greatly angered the Abolitionists - remembering that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
There are still abolitionists to this day, because there is still slavery. (For example, it is estimated that 15-20% of the Mauritanian population is made of slaves.