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The main reason that much of the North did NOT initially embrace abolitionism or support it until the 1850s was thata. the northern economy was tightly bound to that of the South.b. most northerners disliked the lecturing, protests, and other tactics employed by abolitionists.c. northerners were not yet sure whether slave or paid labor would drive industrialization.d. territorial expansion had not yet become a major concern for the North.e. northerners considered slavery a matter for the states to decide.

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