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2014年英语四级听力的练习：VOA慢速4.16

　　The Amistad case also did not solve all the problems in the abolitionist movement. Julie Roy Jeffrey says during the trials, many abolitionists worked together, including blacks and whites.

　　It sometimes worked very well, and it sometimes didnt work so well, but it was certainly one of the first times that blacks and whites had worked so fruitfully together.

　　After the Amistad victory, though, the abolitionist movement broke into different groups. Ms. Jeffrey says some black abolitionists wanted more respect from white activists.

　　Other abolitionists just had different ideas about how best to end slavery: by trying to change the countrys laws, or by appealing to Americans moral sense of right and wrong.

　　Abolitionism did influence other movements, however. One was the missionary movement. Julie Roy Jeffrey says Christian missionaries had already been going to Africa, hoping to persuade people to follow their religion. But the Amistad case and abolitionism made more people want to share their beliefs with others.

　　Some missionaries even converted the Amistad captives to Christianity and returned to West Africa with them.

　　Abolitionist Movement Helps Womens Rights

　　Ms. Jeffrey says the abolitionist movement also helped create the womens movement in the middle of the 1800s. She says most 19th century white women mainly cared for their families in the home, but women abolitionists played an important public role.