People of the Antebellum & Age of Reform

I was a former slave who later became a well-known speaker and leader of the abolition movement.  I published a newspaper called the North Star and wrote a book about my life.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• George Washington

• Horace Mann

I led the reform of education in America.

• Hudson River School Artists

• Horace Mann

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Dorothea Dix

We were a group that formed during the movement of transcendentalism.  Our work illustrated American landscapes.

• Austin Gulf School of Artists

• Philosophy of Art and Design School

• Stephen F. Austin School for the Gifted

• Hudson River School Artists

I was a former slave who later spoke out against slavery and for women’s rights.  I am also remembered for my “Ain’t I a woman?” speech.

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

I was a poet, writer, and leader of the transcendentalist movement.  One of my most well-known works is titled Nature.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

I led the reform of prisons and mental health in America.

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dorothea Dix

I was a leader in the abolitionist movement and called for an end to slavery with the publication of my newspaper The Liberator.

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I was an American artist and ornithologist who documented all types of American birds and illustrated them with great detail in their natural habitats.

• John James Audubon

• Frederick Douglass

• Susan B. Anthony

• Horace Mann

I was a member of the Daughters of Temperance, and later became one of the most impactful leaders in the women’s rights movement.

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

I was a transcendentalist writer and philosopher known for my love of nature and for my civil disobedience toward the government.

• Sojourner Truth

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• John James Audubon

• Henry David Thoreau