The abolitionist movement was a social and political campaign to end slavery in the United States. It emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a response to the widespread practice of enslaving African Americans in the country. Abolitionists believed that slavery was immoral and violated the principles of freedom and equality. They worked to raise awareness about the cruelty and injustice of slavery, to agitate for its abolition through legal and political means, and to support enslaved individuals in their quest for liberation. The abolitionist movement played a key role in eventually leading to the end of slavery in the United States with the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865.
