Abolitionists

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Who often disagreed with President Lincoln because of his concern with preserving the unity of the nation and his need to postpone freeing the slaves?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Who encouraged President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves and worked to recruit Northern African Americans for the Union Army?

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Frederick Douglass

Front

Who escaped slavery and became an eloquent spokesman for the abolitionist movement?

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Frederick Douglass

Front

Who was tried, found guilty of treason and hanged?

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John Brown

Front

Who did President Abraham Lincoln appoint as a counselor to the freedmen in Washington during the Civil War?

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Sojourner Truth

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Who was known as the "Moses" of her people because she led more than 300 slaves out of the South?

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Harriet Tubman

Front

Who was the first African American woman to gain recognition as an anti-slavery speaker?

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Sojourner Truth

Front

Who led a revolt that was unsuccessful and he and his followers were captured by federal troops under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee?

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John Brown

Front

Who was the publisher of an abolitionist newspaper know as The Liberator?

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William Lloyd Garrison

Front

Who was an escaped slave that became one of the most successful "conductors" of the Underground Railroad?

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Harriet Tubman