during and after the war the hovey fund helped to sustain the anti-slavery society as fund-raising became more difficult and the cost of publishing abolitionist newspapers increased sharply. after slavery in the u.s. was abolished by the thirteenth amendment, the fund's continued support assisted the anti-slavery society's campaign for the political rights of the newly freed slaves, playing a crucial role in the passage of the fourteenth amendment and fifteenth amendments, which secured citizenship and voting rights for african americans.