important abolitionist

Abolitionists believed that....

• slavery should end gradually so as not to hurt southern economy
• slavery should be legal only in the south
• slavery was morally wrong, cruel, inhumane and undemocratic and slaves should be freed immediately

This abolitionist leader, a runaway slave, gave many moving speeches against slavery.  He once told his audience, "I appear this evening as a robber.  I stole this head, these limbs, this body from my master and ran off with them"

• Harriet Tubman
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Frederick Douglass

Which statement about Harriet Tubman is correct?

• Harriet Tubman became a well-known abolitionist leader because of her daring escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad
• Harriet Tubman, one of the best known "conductors" of the Underground Railroad, returned to the South 20 times during the 1850s to guide about 300 escaped slaves to freedom
• Tubman, like most other conductors on the Underground Railroad, was a white northerner who opposed slavery

In his newspaper "The Liberator", this white abolitionist leader called for the immediate end to slavery, saying, "On this subject (slavery) I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation....I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD!"

• Frederick Douglass
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Thomas Paine

Isabella Van Wagener, a former slave, traveled around the country preaching against slavery.  She was important in the women's rights movement and is remembered for the famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech she gave at the woman's rights convention in 1851.  She chose a first name for herself that meant "traveler".  She became known as....

• Isabel Sojourner Truth
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Susan B. Anthony

What literary work did Harriet Beecher Stowe write that brought attention to the brutal conditions of slavery?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Gone With the Wind
• Up From Slavery
• North and South

What secret organization helped slaves escape to freedom?

• Seneca Falls Convention
• National Freedom Road
• Underground Railroad
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

The abolitionists worked to

• give women the right to vote.
  
• grow as much cotton as possible.
  
• make slavery popular in every state.
  
• put an end to slavery.

Who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans and women to better their lives?

• Fredrick Douglass
• Phyllis  Wheatley
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• William Lloyd Garrison

What does emancipation mean?

• to allow someone to vote
• to free someone from slavery
• to make someone a slave
• to ban someone from voting