It originated in a wave of moral enthusiasm, having attracted to itself, if not the abolitionists, certainly all those idealists, like James Russell Lowell and George William Curtis, who had opposed slavery when opposition was neither safe nor popular.

它起源于道德热情的浪潮， 它吸引了自己，如果不是废奴主义者， 当然也吸引了所有那些理想主义者， 比如詹姆斯罗素洛厄尔和乔治威廉柯蒂斯，他们在反对既不安全也不受欢迎时反对奴隶制。