USI.8e Abolition

Most abolitionists demanded what?

• immediate freeing of enslaved African Americans.

• all people be treated equally and fairly under the law.

• women should be allowed to vote in elections.

• nothing

Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong because of what three things?

• Morally wrong

• Cruel and inhumane

• Violated principals of democracy

• There was nothing wrong with slavery

Three important Abolitionist leaders were:

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Barack Obama

Harriet Tubman...

• lead hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

• Wrote the Liberator newspaper, and worked for emancipation.

• Wrote the North Star newspaper, and worked for rights for African Americans and women.

William Lloyd Garrison...

• lead hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

• Wrote the Liberator newspaper, and worked for emancipation.

• Wrote the North Star newspaper, and worked for rights for African Americans and women.

Frederick Douglass...

• lead hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

• Wrote the Liberator newspaper, and worked for emancipation.

• Wrote the North Star newspaper, and worked for rights for African Americans and women.