ABOLITIONISTS
By: Ayssa Kornasiewicz
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who conducted a secret system called the Underground Railroad. She led over 300 slaves to freedom! Harriet was one of eleven siblings! Where she got her name from was her mother Harriet. She got the last name Tubman, from her husband.
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a famous publisher of an abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator". William wrote the newspaper to tell all of the ways that slavery is wrong. He also formed an anti-slavery society which published many books and newspapers advocating the emancipation of slaves. By time, Garrison's newspapers became banned in the south. Surprisingly, many northerners also opposed his papers and insaulted him.
Sojouner Truth
Sojouner truth was the first African American speaker. She was born a slave in New York, but was freed due to the emancipation. She had her own very powerful way of speaking and drew many large audiences when speaking about women's rights. Abraham Lincoln appointed her as counselor in freedman during the Civil War.
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass was a very smart child who taught himself how to read and write as a slave. He escaped slavery and became know as eloquent spokesman for the abolitionist movement. Once older, he published an anti-slavery newspaper article know as The North Star. He also wrote a autobiography telling what it was like during slavery. He pushed president Lincoln to emancipate the slaves and work to recruit northern African Americans. Afterwards he continued to fight for the rights of all of the citizens.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a very famous author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her book became a best seller because it showed the cruelness of slavery to the Northerners. She wrote the book to in response to the stronger fugitive Slave Act that was passed after the Compromise of 1850.
John Brown
In Kansas, John and his sons participated in the violence that gave the territory the name, "Bleeding Kansas." Jon Brown led a raid and tried to capture guns and led a slave revolt. His raid was unsuccessful. Brown was then captured and hung.