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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | united states abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the north (1817-1895) | 22 sets | |
| 2 | former slave + abolitionist, stood up for his beliefs, fought for womens + blacks rights, runaway slave, newspaper-the north star | 4 sets | |
| 3 | united states abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the north | 3 sets | |
| 4 | one of the most prominent african american figures in the abolitionist movement. escaped from slavery in maryland. he was a great thinker and speaker. published his own antislavery newspaper called the north star and wrote an autobiography that was published in 1845. | 3 sets | |
| 5 | my bondage and my freedom | 3 sets | |
| 6 | a black man who was a former slave. he advocated against slavery by publishing articles that promoted the abolitionist movement. | 3 sets | |
| 7 | wrote narrative of the life of frederick douglass, editor of 'the north star,' abolitionist, was self-educated slave | 2 sets | |
| 8 | worked for the equal treatment of blacks in america | 2 sets | |
| 9 | a former slave who was an abolitionist, gifted with eloquent speech and self-educated. in 1838 he was "discovered" as a great abolitionist to give antislavery speeches. he swayed many people to see that slavery was wrong by publishing "narrative of the life of fredrick douglass" which depicted slavery as being cruel. he also looked for ways politically to end slavery. | 2 sets | |
| 10 | most well known african abolitionist, he learned to read as a slave, and he published "the north star" | 2 sets | |
| 11 | a former slave who became the best-known black abolitionist in the country. | 2 sets | |
| 12 | escaped slavery; powerful abortionist orator; captured audiences w/descriptions of slave life; published the north star, in early 1830s; made influential speeches encouraged slaves to escape and northerners to oppose slavery | 2 sets | |
| 13 | former slave; black speaker and writer; started a newspaper called the north star | 2 sets | |
| 14 | narrative of the life of frederick douglass | 2 sets | |
| 15 | ex-slave & abolitionist | 2 sets | |
| 16 | was an american abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. | 2 sets | |
| 17 | former slave who became a prominent black abolitionist.urged lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the union army. | 2 sets | |
| 18 | an american abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. douglass is one of the most prominent figures in african-american and united states history. | 2 sets | |
| 19 | leading abolitionist, former slave | 2 sets | |
| 20 | who was a black leader who wanted full civil rights for former slaves? | 2 sets | |
| 21 | my bondage & my freedom | 2 sets | |
| 22 | escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader | 2 sets | |
| 23 | supported the women's rights movement | 2 sets | |
| 24 | escaped slave who was a very active abolitionist and even published his own anti-slavery newspaper. | 2 sets | |
| 25 | former slave who became a well-know speaker, writer, and reformer | 2 sets | |
| 26 | was an american abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | urged lincoln to emancipate the slaves because it was the right thing to do and because it would weaken the south | 1 set | |
| 28 | former slave who became a famous spokesman for his people | 1 set | |
| 29 | gained freedom when fled to the north | 1 set | |
| 30 | an escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader | 1 set | |
| 31 | greatest of the black abolitionists. escaped from bondage in 1838, he was discovered by the abolitionists and widely began to lecture for the cause. wrote the autobiography "narrative of the life of frederick douglass". looked to politics to end the blight of slavery. | 1 set | |
| 32 | was a former slave who escaped to the north and became an abolitionist | 1 set | |
| 33 | (1818-1895) one of the most prominent figures in african american history who was a slave who learned to read and write from his master which was illegal at the time. he moved to the north and became an abolitionist. best known for his autobiography the narrative of the life of frederick douglas. he married a white woman | 1 set | |
| 34 | an escaped slave who became a noted abolutionalist leader | 1 set | |
| 35 | black abolitionist, north star | 1 set | |
| 36 | former slave, great speaker, abolitionists | 1 set | |
| 37 | escaped slave who was a very active abolitionist; published his own anti-slavery newspaper | 1 set | |
| 38 | a slave who learned to read, escaped from maryland to new england and whose public speaking career made him well-known as an aboliltionist; later advised president lincoln and served as u.s. ambassador to haiti | 1 set | |
| 39 | an escaped slave that gave many excellent speeches-- he toured in the us and europe because of his public-speaking skills | 1 set | |
| 40 | former slave who wrote famous slave narratives | 1 set | |