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The '''Abolitionist''' is a unit in ''[[Civilization: Call to Power]]''. |
The '''Abolitionist''' is a unit in ''[[Civilization: Call to Power]]''. |
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| + | The Enlightenment - which espoused the importance of individual rights - combined with the religious sentiment of the era, helped spawn a powerful new movement aimed at abolishing the institution of slavery. In the United States, the Anti-Slavery Society in the industrialized Northern states, who gained no economic benefits from Slavery, held that Slavery robbed the African his inherent, "natural" rights. On these grounds, the Abolitionists lobbied for the immediate cessation of slavery and slave trading and created the Underground Railway as a means to help slaves escape. |
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The Abolitionist is a unit in Civilization: Call to Power.
Historical Info
The Enlightenment - which espoused the importance of individual rights - combined with the religious sentiment of the era, helped spawn a powerful new movement aimed at abolishing the institution of slavery. In the United States, the Anti-Slavery Society in the industrialized Northern states, who gained no economic benefits from Slavery, held that Slavery robbed the African his inherent, "natural" rights. On these grounds, the Abolitionists lobbied for the immediate cessation of slavery and slave trading and created the Underground Railway as a means to help slaves escape.
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