Alexandra is writing an essay about the American anti-slavery movement. The prompt asks the following: Compare and
contrast the arguments made against slavery. Which of these represents an effective organic thesis?
Anti-slavery activists pursued their common cause through different arguments: some argued that slavery
was an abomination against God while others worried that slavery was damaging white America; few argued
for the equality and humanity of enslaved Americans.
While everyone in the American anti-slavery movement agreed that American slavery was an evil institution
A) that threatened the future of nature and needed to be abolished, the arguments they made about why slavery
was wrong differed significantly.
B) In this essay, I will compare and contrast the arguments made against slavery.
C) In this essay, I will discuss the three main arguments used to counter American slavery.