African American enslavement did not slowly disappear in 19^th century America. Rather, it went full force until 1860 and 1861, the South seceded from the Union because the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency signaled to them that the federal government might take away their primary source of plantation labor. And yet, while Southern reliance on enslaved labor never waned, the 19th-century Abolitionist movement also became a powerful force in the county. Using the speeches of Frederick Douglass and Reverend Theodore Parker (both Voices, ch9) articulate THREE one core abolitionist arguments and explain the historical context within which they emerged. Which core argument did the Abolitionist movement lack?