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The Abolitionist Movement emerged in the late 1780s in response to the inequalities of slavery, with supporters known as abolitionists advocating for the end of slavery through various means, including public speeches and the Underground Railroad. Key figures like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass played significant roles in raising awareness about the horrors of slavery, while Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had a profound impact on public opinion against slavery. The movement faced strong opposition, particularly from Southern slaveholders, and included radical actions such as John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

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The Abolitionist Movement emerged in the late 1780s in response to the inequalities of slavery, with supporters known as abolitionists advocating for the end of slavery through various means, including public speeches and the Underground Railroad. Key figures like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass played significant roles in raising awareness about the horrors of slavery, while Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had a profound impact on public opinion against slavery. The movement faced strong opposition, particularly from Southern slaveholders, and included radical actions such as John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

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ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

The DeClaraTion of inDepenDenCe promised equality for all,


leading many americans to question the inequalities of slavery. a movement
to abolish slavery and the slave trade took root throughout the northern
states in the late 1780s. its supporters were known as abolitionists. although
there had been protests against slavery since colonial times,
mostly by religious groups, the slave population continued
to grow, and tensions between the free states of the
Women join The fighT north and the slave states of the South escalated.
among several important female
campaigners, Sojourner Truth Through newspapers, speeches, and public meetings,
(above) played an active role in abolitionists spread the word about the horrors of
the abolitionist movement. Born
into slavery in 1797, she was freed slavery, despite strong opposition by Southern
in 1827. She traveled the nation slaveholders and their supporters. others helped
with her moving message about
the rights of slaves and women. support the Underground railroad, a network of
houses and people who illegally helped escaping
slaves reach safety in the nonslave states. Their
crusade spread to england, where abolitionists
worked to end the international slave trade.

UncLe Tom ’s cabin


no other abolitionist writing had the political impact of
Uncle Tom’s cabin, a novel by harriet Beecher Stowe.
after a trip to a Kentucky plantation, a horrified Stowe freDeriCK DoUglaSS
decided to write about the evils of slavery. her novel was Born a slave in maryland, frederick
simple and melodramatic, but its vivid descriptions of Douglass escaped to new York when
he was 21 years old. he became one
suffering and cruelty turned many people against slavery. of the greatest antislavery speakers of
Sales were astonishing—300,000 copies were sold within his time, highlighting the terrible
a year. in the South, Stowe was brutally criticized, but her treatment of slaves. his newspaper,
book proved an effective attack on slavery. north star, advocated equality not
only for slaves but also for women.
fighTing for freeDom
Those who opposed slavery joined together to fight for john BroWn
its abolition. abolitionists traveled throughout the north, Some abolitionists felt slavery could only be
spreading their message through rallies, debates, and ended by force. in october 1859, abolitionist
john Brown and a small band of followers
speeches. one of the most powerful groups was the mounted an unsuccessful raid on a government
american antislavery Society, founded in 1833. its weapons store at harpers ferry, Virginia. The
founder, William lloyd garrison, published a newspaper local militia killed most of his men, and Brown
called The Liberator to campaign for an end to slavery. was captured, tried for treason, and hanged.

An abolitionist rally

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