Abolitionist Movement
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abolitionist | someone who wanted to end slavery |
| Underground Railroad | network of paths and houses used by slaves to escape from slavery |
| Frederick Douglass | United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) |
| Harriet Tubman | United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) |
| Sojourner Truth | United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | book written by Harriet Stowe that showed how awful the slave experience was |
| Quakers | religious group who settled Pennsylvania - very tolerant and nonviolent |
| John Brown | Well-known abolitionist. used violence to stop slavery immediately, involved in the Bleeding Kansas and the raid on Harper's Ferry. He was hanged for trying to end slavery by using violent tactics. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Publisher of the Liberator, which was an abolitionist newspaper - favored Northern secession from the South |
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