1. Abolitionist Movement
Before and During the Civil War

2. Who were the Abolitionists?
Abolish means to do away with
Abolitionists were people who wanted to do away with slavery

3. What did Abolitionists do?
Wrote books against slavery
Published newspapers telling about why slavery was wrong
Gave speeches about why slavery was wrong
Helped slaves escape
Led rebellions against slavery

4. Harriet Tubman She escaped slave
She became the most successful conductor of the Underground Railroad
She was known as the “Moses” of her people
She led more than 300 slaves to freedom

5. John Brown Moved to Kansas to help make it a free state
He and his sons were involved in many revolts and violence which gave Kansas the name “Bleeding Kansas”

6. John Brown
John Brown and his sons brutally murdered 5 slave owners in Kansas
In 1859, John Brown and his followers seized a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA

7. This is a Famous Painting of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry

8. John Brown was hanged for the revolt at Harper’s Ferry

9. Frederick Douglass
He taught himself to read and write while he was a slave
He escaped slavery and became an eloquent speaker
He published the antislavery newspaper, The North Star

10. Frederick Douglass
He wrote an autobiography telling the conditions of slavery
He encouraged President Lincoln to free (emancipate) the slaves

11. Harriet Beecher Stowe
She wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin which showed the cruelty of slavery
Her book was a best seller and many Northerners became sympathetic to the slaves in the South

12. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Sold 300,000 copies in the first year
2 million in a decade

13. Sojourner Truth
1st African American woman to gain recognition as an anti-slavery speaker
She drew large audiences and had a powerful speaking style
Lincoln made her a counselor to Freedmen in Washington, DC

14. Sojourner Truth’s Famous Speech
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

15. William Lloyd Garrison
He was the publisher of an anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator
He along with others formed the American Anti-Slavery Society
His newspaper was banned in the South and many Northerners also opposed his views and he was often harassed

16. What do Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison have in common?
They both published newspapers speaking out against slavery
William Lloyd Garrison – The Liberator
Frederick Douglass – The North Star

17. Who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe

18. Who was the white abolitionist who felt he was sent by God to Kansas to free the slaves?
John Brown

19. What did Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglas have in Common?
They were both eloquent speakers!

20. Who escaped on the Underground Railroad and was known as “Moses”?
Harriet Tubman