Abolitionist Quiz

The abolitionist who believed violence was the only answer to end slavery:

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

The abolitionist who was an escaped slave, he also wrote a newspaper called the North Star and gave many speeches:

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Sojourner Truth

The abolitionist who was a leader in the Undergroud Railroad which freed may slaves:

• Frederick Douglass

• Henry David Thoreau

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

The abolitionist who wrote a book that encouraged many people to join the abolitionist movment:

• John Brown

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

The abolitionist who encouraged people to break unjust laws in the United States:

• John Brown

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

The abolitionist who gave speeches and helped recruit black soldiers for the union army:

• Sojourner Truth

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

The abolitionist who wrote a newspaper called the Liberator:

• Henry David Thoreau

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

Everytime a slave rebellion occurred, the result would be:

• Freedom for the slaves

• Slave owners set the slaves free

• More harsh laws and punishments for slaves

• Slaves were discouraged from rebelling

Slaves were first purchased in the colony of ________ to be used for the cultivation of ________.

• New York/Sugar

• Maine/Tobacco

• Virginia/Tobacco

• Georgia/Rice

Pennsylvania was one of the first anti-slavery colonies and states because:

• The Native Americans lived there

• The English lived there

• The French lived there

• The Quakers lived there