... movement, as talk of moral opposition to the immoral human bondage so freely practiced in the South quickly spread and the concern over the loss of American liberties at the hands of selfish slaveholders became a central focus of regional debate. A specific event that occurred in 1810 clearly illustrated the growing moral opposition to slavery: an African American minister was ... gifted $500 by the residents of Philadelphia so that he could build himself a church (Document C). Evidently, these northern citizens must have felt that whites and blacks were more or less fundamental ... ...

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