Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Go on, the dagger's point may glare
Amid thy pathway's gloom;
The fate which sternly threatens there.
Is glorious martyrdom
What can be inferred from this passage about the times in which Whittier and Garrison lived?
The abolitionists were preparing for armed conflict.
Speaking out against slavery was often very dangerous.
People believed that slavery could only be abolished by force.
Being a martyr for a cause was frowned upon