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What were the abolitionists' beliefs?
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Many Southerners called all these abolitionists, without distinguishing them from the Garrisonians. James M. McPherson explains the abolitionists' deep beliefs: "All people were equal in God's sight; the souls of black folks were as valuable as those of whites; for one of God's children to enslave another was a violation of the Higher Law, even if it was sanctioned by the Constitution. "Stressing the Yankee Protestant ideals of self-improvement, industry, and thrift, most abolitionists—most