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　　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.

　　They weighed in on the most political question of the day. They took on activities like collecting petition signatures and raising money and giving speeches.