Underground Railroad & Abolition

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Grew up on a plantation with slaves but came to realize the evil of slavery and spoke out against it and wrote a pamphlet arguing the Bible taught slavery was wrong.

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Grimke Sisters

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Escaped slavery and became a speaker for the abolition and women's rights movement. She gave the famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman."

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Sojourner Truth

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Who was a slave until he ran away, wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "North Star," and gave speeches about his experience in slavery?

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Frederick Douglass

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Abolitionist who started the Anti-Slavery Society. Wrote an anti-slavery paper called the "Liberator."

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who rescued over 300 slaves?

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Harriet Tubman

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Who was born into freedom to a mother who had escaped slavery and was one of the key figures in the Underground Railroad, helping slaves reach freedom and keeping detailed records?

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William Still

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Helped many slaves escape to freedom by hiding them in his house in Indiana.

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Levi Coffin

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Made one of the most famous escapes from slavery of all time when he was mailed to freedom. He shared his story all over the north.

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Henry Brown

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He chose not to escape to freedom but rather sued for freedom because he had been held as a slave in free territory.

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Dred Scott

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To make changes in order to bring about improvement, end abuses, or correct injustices

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Reform