How did reformers try to end slavery?

Anti-slavery reformers used a variety of methods to help bring an end to slavery. First of all, Anti-slavery newspapers, books, and speaking engagements were used to educate the public about the horrors of slavery. More radical reformers established and ran the Underground Railroad, helping many slaves to escape forced servitude. Reformers also sought to bring an end to slavery via political reform, anti-slavery Whigs split from their party to form the Republican Party which held to an anti-slavery platform.