Read the passages. Which statement best synthesizes information from
these passages?
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Passage 1. Susan B. Anthony, Rebel, Crusader
Humanitarian, by Alma Lutz
She watched the lively bitter presidential campaign with
interest and concern. The new Republican party was in
the contest, offering its first presidential candidate, the
colorful hero and explorer of the far West, John C.
Frémont. She had leanings toward this virile young
party which stood firmly against the extension of
slavery in the territories, and discussed its platform with
Elizabeth and Henry B. Stanton both enthusiastically
for "Frémont and Freedom. Yet she was distrustful of
political parties, for they eventually yielded to
expediency, no matter how high their purpose at the
start. Her ideal was the Garrisonian doctrine. "No Union
with Slaveholders" and "Immediate Unconditional
Emancipation, which courageously faced the whole
question" of slavery. There was no compromise among
O Both Anthony and Stowe were staunchly opposed to
slavery.
o Anthony and Stowe did not trust Republicans to
make slavery illegal,
Both Anthony and Stowe supported the new
Republican Party
Anthony and Stowe were writers who hoped to
influence others to end slavery.
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