The reason why many northerners in the 1840s and 1850s who did not support slavery were still not abolitionists is because
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abolitionists were known for violent tactics
they hoped to profit off of slavery while not directly owning enslaved people
they did not want to cause more tensions with the southern states
they were waiting for a slave rebellion to end slavery in the quickest possilbe manner
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they did not want to cause more tensions with the southern states.