Abolitionists

What is an abolitionist?

• someone who opposes slavery

• someone who writes for Northern newspapers

• Former slaves who found freedom

• Slave owners

When did the Underground Railroad reach its peak?

• 1820s

• 1830s

• 1840s

• 1850s

What religious group were all abolitionists?

• Quakers

• Baptists

• Catholists

• Buddhists

How many slaves escaped on the Underground Railroad?

• 50,000

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 300,000

What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

• free the slaves

• Make slavery illegal in Northern States

• require the return of escaped slaves

• Open the Underground Railroad

Started the first abolitionists' newspaper

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Wrote The Liberator

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Was jokingly credited with starting the Civil War

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

illegally learned to read and write

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown