What is an abolitionist?

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What is an abolitionist? Who proclaimed the emancipation proclamation? Why was the freedmen's bureau established?

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HIST 2620 005   Abolitionists  Slavery increased a lot primarily in the south with the introduction of the cotton gin           ∙ Eli Whitney's the cotton gin {Eli Whitney had actually made the cotton gin with        hopes that it would limit or decrease slavery as it made the process of cotton picking         both easier and faster but instead of decreasing the institution the machines         invention increased it as many white plantation owners now saw the large profit margin in         which they could gain by acquiring more slaves to man the machine} slaves         became indispensable due to mass production     The Abolitionists    Abolitionist – someone who is against the institution of slavery and seeks to abolish it   Important n

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