12.1 Abolitionists

an abolitionist who established his own newspaper, The Liberator, in 1831

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

These sisters, who were born in South Carolina to a wealthy slaveholding family, lectured and wrote against slavery.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

He was born a freeman in North Carolina and published an argument against slavery that challenged African Americans to rebel and overthrow slavery by force.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

He was born a slave in Maryland. After teaching himself how to read and write, he escaped from slavery. For 16 years, he worked as an editor of the antislavery newspaper, the North Star.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

She was born a slave in Ulster County, New York. Her slave name was Isabella Baumfree. She escaped slavery in 1826 and gained official freedom in 1827 when New York banned slavery.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

a person who stongly favors eliminating or banning slavery

a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North

In 1847, this colony for African American settlers in Africa became a nation.

• Congo

• Liberia

• Libya

• New Louisiana

• Ethiopia

This act established in 1850 required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

• Elusive Slave Act of 1850

• Runaway Slave Act of 1850

• Lamster Slave Act of 1850

She was a former slave who risked her life on 19 different trips to help enslaved people escape the South in the 1850s. She is considered the most successful conductor of the Underground Railroad.

• Harriet Tubman

• Sarah & Angelina Grimke

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth