Is it true that almost all of the abolitionists were against the war and favored secession. William Lloyd Garrison denounced war talk in the North and ended up heading the anti-draft movement. Horace Greeley supported letting the South secede until it was pointed out that 80% of federal revenue came from the South through tariffs on goods purchased by Southerners. Indeed, the abolitionists had proposed that the North secede, and Massachusetts passed a resolution to secede if other anti-slavery states would join them.
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