Fight Against Slavery

Which religious group of Americans first challenged slavery?

• the extremists

• the invisible institution

• the slave community

• the Quakers

What belief did Embree’s anti-slavery newspaper “The Emancipator" proclaim? [emancipate: set free]

• "Freedom is the inalienable right of ALL men [humans]." [inalienable: unable to be taken away.]

• Slaves must be worked under harsher conditions.

• Slavery is a curse.

• Under our skin, we bleed the same blood.

Who was WIlliam Lloyd Garrison?

• An abolitionst newspaper publisher who helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society

• A rich chef that funded the abolitionist society

• One of the Quakers

• A mailman who helped the slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and brought mail from the city.

Who were the Grimké Sisters?

• They were two white southern women who were anti-slavery activists of the 1830s.

• They were two slave women who worked with Harriet Tubman in the Underground Railroad.

• They were famous newspaper writers who became rich and funded the Abolitionist Society.

• They were famous chefs who funded the Abolitionist society because they believed that slavery was wrong.

Who became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Elihu Embree

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

How many African Americans eventually went back to Africa and settled in Liberia?

• less than 10,000

• 12,000

• 15,000

• more than 20,000

Who were Angelina and Sarah Grimké?

• They were prominent antislavery activists of the 1830s.

• They published an abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, beginning in 1831.

• They were Quakers.

• They were co-presidents of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

What does "to abolish" [abolition] mean?

• to end slavery

• to get revenge

• to disappear

• to explode

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• a slave owner

• someone who started a cult

• an African American abolitionist who wrote a biography and escaped slavery

• a slave who helped Nat Turner start his rebellion

What was the underground railroad?

• An underground passage that led slaves to freedom

• A secret passage that led to train tracks

• A secret route of safe-houses and hideouts that led slaves to freedom

• A passage that leads to ICSU