Why were emancipation societies started? people felt slaves took work away from other laborers. some people were getting wealthy while others starved. there was a moral obligation to others. africa no longer supported the slave trade.

Question: Why were emancipation societies started?  

Options:  

•People felt slaves took work away from other laborers.  

•Some people were getting wealthy while others starved.  

•There was a moral obligation to help others.  

•Africa no longer supported the slave trade.

•There was a moral obligation to help others.  

Explanation: The abolitionist movement was a political and social push for the immediate emancipation of slaves and the end of racial discrimination/segregation. Abolitionist feelings were very strong during the American Revolution. There was a large spread of powerful evangelical religious movements which arose to impart spiritual direction to society, encouraging people to abolish discrimination and slavery. People saw this as a moral obligation to help those in need. Thomas Jefferson was also in favor of establishing a no slave country.  

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the stock market crash of 1929. great depression of the 1930s. first and second world wars. economic boom of the 1950s.

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