1. FAMOUS ABOLITIONISTS

2. ABOLITIONISTS People who wanted to abolish slavery (Abolish means to get rid of)

3. FREDERICK DOUGLASS

4.  Former slave  Great speaker  Published newspaper called The North Star

5. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

6.  Very outspoken  Great speaker  Published newspaper called “The Liberator,” with 30 years of anti- slavery information

7. HARRIET TUBMAN

8.  Former slave  Led many slaves through the Underground Railroad  Called “Moses” by her people

9. SOJOURNER TRUTH

10. SOJOURNER TRUTH  Born a slave, Isabella  Changed her name to spread the “truth” about slavery  Famous speaker  Spoke for abolishing slavery and women’s rights  Famous speech was “Ain’t I a Woman?”

11. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

12.  Wrote a book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Lincoln may have said to her, “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”  Is “the pen mightier than the sword?”

13. JOHN BROWN

14.  Led a raid on Harper’s Ferry to capture the federal weapons to give to slaves  Captured by federal soldiers, put on trial and hanged

15. CONCLUSION Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Harriet Beecher Stowe John Brown

16. WHAT DO WE CALL THEM? FAMOUS ABOLITIONISTS!!

17. Works Cited http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/douglass http://www.askforkids.com http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htmhttp://womens history.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list.htm http://www.loc.gov/families/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28abolitionist%29