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They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.
They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.
They had many African American followers.
They had many African American followers.
They felt African Americans should be fairly paid for their services.
They felt African Americans should be fairly paid for their services.
They thought that slavery did not reflect American values.
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The primary reason Quakers and other religious leaders in the North opposed slavery was:
They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.
This moral and ethical stance was rooted in their religious beliefs about the inherent dignity and equality of all human beings.
