Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts

Sunday, November 20, 2011

In their petitions to Congress in the 1830s, abolitionists frequently called for...

  • appropriating funds to compensate slave owners for emancipating their slaves.
  • abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
  • ending the Atlantic slave trade.
  • impeaching any president who condoned slavery and barring slave owners from serving in Congress. 

ANSWER: In their petitions to Congress in the 1830s, abolitionists frequently called for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.