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refers to efforts to end slavery and only a limited number of Americans held this position in the early- and mid-nineteenth century. Even supporters of this ideology could not agree whether or not slaves should be immediately or gradually emancipated. Proponents of this ideology include William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and Elijah Lovejoy. For women who supported this ideology, such as Lucretia Mott, Sarah and Angelina Grimké, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the issue dovetailed with a desire for greater political rights for women (as they were often left out of the decision-making process of organizations). Americans were also informed by trans-Atlantic groups of similar interests, particularly in England.