US History please help, best answer gets 10 points !!?

[Paulina]

Support for the abolitionist movement came from

a. immigrants.
b. plantation owners.
c. churches.
d. none of the above

 

[PlainPat]

It's a trick question. Aha, you were right. See?

 

[sexychocolate91]

C. Churches! =)

 

[spiffer1]

C. Churches taking an ethical stance on human rights issues.
(But this did lead to schisms within some denominations and that is why there is a United Methodist Church and a United Presbyterian Church -- United (or reunited) following the Civil War.)