Abolition Movement Frederick Douglass John Brown Harriet Tubman

What is Abolitionism The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1833. They led the movement to abolish slavery. People like Frederick Douglass and Lloyd Garrison pushed for the end of slavery.

ABOLITIONISM Who were Abolitionist? They fought to end slavery William Lloyd Garrison’s publication-The Liberator attacked slavery Frederick Douglass, former slave, spoke on behalf of the abolitionists. William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass He was born in February 1818 in Maryland. Child of slaves and learned to read and to write In 1841, he began working with William Lloyd Garrison He published The North Star In 1848, He spoke at Seneca Falls and he supported the right for women to vote. www.history.com/topics/frederick-douglass/videos#the-underground-railroad-frederick-douglass

Frederick Douglass Believe in yourself. Take advantage of every opportunity. Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society. www.history.com/topics/frederick-douglass/videos#the-meaning-of-july-4th-for-the-negro

Harriet Tubman She was a slave around 1820 in Maryland. For ten years, Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the underground railroad. She was known as Moses. She assisted 300 people to freedom. She died in 1913.

Harriet Tubman Quotes I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

Harriet Tubman in her own words I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Harriet Tubman Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time. www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/videos#harriet-tubman-and-the-underground-railroad

John Brown He used radical and violent methods to end slavery. In October 1859 and at Harper’s Ferry, he tried to lead a slave insurrection but was not successful. He was hanged for treason in December of 1859 Day of John Brown’s Hanging

Harriet Beecher Stowe She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1851, for The National Era's. ( anti-slavery newspaper) Her story was about the injustice of slavery