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1 The Abolition Movement
And The Abolitionists

2 The Abolition Movement
The Abolitionist movement was an effort to end slavery. Bring an end to slavery in a country that claimed to value personal freedom and believed that "all men are created equal."

3 HARRIET TUBMAN Former Slave and Abolitionist.
Conductor on the Underground Rail Road Help around 300 people escape from bondage Considered the Moses of her people

4 Frederick Douglas Former slave, speaker, and author
Spoke to white northerners about slavery to convince them to stand against it. Wrote books and a newspaper called the North Star to convince white northerners to fight against slavery.

5 JOHN BROWN Radical Abolitionist extremist.
Killed five pro-slavery settlers in the Kansas Territory. Led a raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia with the intent of giving the weapons acquired to slaves to start a slave uprising in the South.

6 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Abolitionist and Author
Wrote a fictional book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin Book shed light on the evils of slavery. Convinced many northerners that slavery was bad and to fight against it. Lincoln said “ So you are the little woman who started this great war”

7 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
Abolitionist, Journalist, and Philanthropist Started an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator Founded the New England Antislavery Society Founded the American Antislavery Society – a national organization.


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