Abolitionists

Abolitionists believed in all of the following about slavery EXCEPT that it:

• violated the principles of democracy
• was necessary for the success of the Southern plantation
• was cruel and inhumane
• was morally wrong.

Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?

• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass 
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who was the ex-slave who worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad? 

• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Sojourner Truth

The North Star

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown
• Frederick Douglass

Moses

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Frederick Douglass
• John Brown

What is an abolitionist?

• someone who opposes slavery

• someone who writes for Northern newspapers

• Former slaves who found freedom

• Slave owners

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by-

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star in Rochester, NY

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

This slave was born in Maryland who escaped and made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape

• Frederick Douglas
• Henry Brown
• Harriet Tubman

Why was the Underground Railroad important?

• It carried many products from the North to the South.
• It led to the end of slavery.
• It was the route used by slaves escaping from the South
• It carried settlers west.

Depended on slavery

• "North"
• "South"