Very few. Mostly, it was these southern planters have an unfair economic advantage and they're bringing African savages into the country. Slave owners at least wanted to protect their property. Non-slave owners were either apathetic or just wanted a simple way to get rid of the blacks. There's documents of white abolitionists with decent intentions but their prevelance in society is deeply exaggerated. It was met with the concern we have of a mosquito eradication program today. Nobody cares about the mosquitos. It's all about how does this affect everything else.
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