They hoped that their compliance to the racial hierarchy that slavery provided would allow them to become more white in the eyes of their Christian neighbors.[1] Additionally, several prominent abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison, were antisemitic, leading many Jews to associate the abolition movement with antisemitism. Jewish abolitionists did exist, however, and it is probable that many were influenced by their religion. The majority of Jewish abolitionists practiced Reformed Judaism and because of their break from traditional Judaism they saw and interpreted slavery differently.[16]