This president is known for contradicting himself because his thoughts straddled both segregationist and assimilationist beliefs. For example, he referred to his slaves as friends.

This abolitionist dedicated his entire life to the anti-slavery project. He is known for writing The Liberator.

This Black abolitionist initially believed in uplift suasion and the idea that the Talented Tenth would elevate the conditions of Black people as a whole. He later came to reject his earlier thinking and admit that education and uplift suasion do not work.

She was a member of the Communist Party and twice ran for vice president on the Communist Party ticket, although she eventually left the party due to frustrations over its racism and elitism.

An abolitionist and writer who was enslaved from birth but self-emancipated and went on to write the highly influential narrative about his life. He worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison

This president passed “the most racist bill of the decade,” the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1986, and initiated the "War on Drugs."

Known as "The Great Emancipator" due to his initiation of The Emancipation Proclamation. He was despised by enslavers, but also attracted the anger and frustration of abolitionists who claimed that he did not really care about Black people and initially thought he was not serious about ending slavery.