list five or six methods, strategies, or tactics the abolitionists used to sway public opinion in support of their cause

1. Bandwagon

Bandwagon is defined as the strategy that persuades the people to act and think in the same way that other people do.

2. Loaded Words

It is a strategy which involves the use of terms or words that have powerful connotations. One example of loaded words is the name-calling.

3. Transfer

Transfer is defined as the strategy that makes an irrational association between two things.

4. Snob Appeal

It is a strategy that makes a declaration that an individual must think and act in a particular way since that the thought and action are connected in the high-status.

5. Unreliable Testimonial

It is a strategy that uses incompetent and unsuitable individuals to promote an opinion or action.

6. Vague Terms

Vague terms are defined as the strategy that opposes or promotes a judgment by the use of terms or words which are too vague to understand the meaning.