Abolitionists Station 6. Agitators for Change? O Abraham Lincoln- President during the Civil War. Opposed to the EXTENTION OF SLAVERY. Wanted to do whatever.

AbolitionistsStation 6

Agitators for Change?O Abraham Lincoln- President during the Civil

War. Opposed to the EXTENTION OF SLAVERY. Wanted to do whatever to keep the country together.

O Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Real life look at the treatment of slaves angered many to demand and end. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

O The Liberator – a abolitionist newspaper demanding and end to slave immediately. Published by William Lloyd Garrison.

Call to End Slavery!O Underground Railroad- A secret route of

homes of friendly northerners that led to freedom. Harriet Tubman primary leaders of slaves .

O The North Star- Newpaper written by Fredrick Douglass, a free black man to demand a end to slavery. Named after the star they followed to freedom.

O Sojourner Truth- Escaped slave woman who fought to end slavery but also called for women’s rights.

Station 6William Lloyd Garrison-Northerner who wrote the newspaper The

Liberator- felt slavery had to be ended

thought any means necessary

Harriet Tubman Slave women who lead

the Underground Railroad- route to

freedom.

Fredrick DouglassEscaped slave, writer

& speaker who published

The North Star newspaper.

Sojourner TruthEscaped Slave who became a voice for racial and woman’s equality. Famous

speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Harriet Beecher StoweWrote Uncle Tom’s

Cabin about treatment of slaves, agitated

both North & South. Lincoln said caused of

Civil war. Abolitionist

Views

What may be asked on the Regents Questions…..

O Which person's action was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement?

O Why was the abolitionist cause successful in the North?

O Why did some Northern workers fear the abolitionist movement?

O Which of the following literary works supported the abolitionist movement before the Civil War?

William Lloyd Garrison's publication of The Liberator

The North did not use or need slave labor.

Freed slaves might compete for the jobs held by the white workers.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin