Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally

a. Called for slave uprisings in slave states.

b. Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery.

c. Supported popular sovereignty as a way to keep some territory free.

d. Wanted a gradual end to slavery in the territories.

b. Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery.

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, several slave-holders, uneasy over bondage in a country of liberty, declared that servitude was an "intrinsic evil." By the 1830s, as abolitionist assaults on bondage strengthened, slaveholders now maintained captivity was a "positive good."

Abolitionist members of William Lloyd Garrison commonly encountered violence to accomplish an end to servitude. Garrison was the preeminent defender of "immediate emancipation." Other abolitionists requested for a progressive abolition or expansion. Garrison desired to end captivity but did not promote brutality to accomplish his purposes.