Did the abolitionists help or hinder the cause of the Union? (your opinion)?

Question: Did the abolitionists help or hinder the cause of the Union!? (your opinion)!?

Before and during the Civil War did abolitionist efforts help or hinder the cause of the Union!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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they were a bunch of zealots who hastened the start of the civil war and prolonged it after it began!. if you had some valuable property and someone kept on stealing it away from you would you have been ticked off or happy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com