Abolition Movement Part 2

​Angelina and Sarah Grimké, two white southern women, were prominent antislavery activists of the 1830s. They came from a South Carolina slaveholding family but disagreed with their parents’ support of slavery. Angelina Grimké tried to recruit other white southern women in a pamphlet called Appeal to the Christian Women of the South in 1836.

Multiple Choice

These woman and her sister were from a slave-holding family, but became abolitionists

• Sojourner & Harriet Truth

• Harriet & Sarah Tubman

• Angelina & Sarah Grimke

• Harriet & SojournerJacobs

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was a civil rights and women's activist during the American Civil War. She was born as an enslaved person in New York in 1797. After living for many years as an enslaved person, she escaped with her daughter in 1826. Also in 1826, she went to court and helped her son escape slavery—the first time an African-American won a trial against a white man. In 1846, she dedicated her life to ending slavery and spoke in many places. She gave a famous speech called “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Woman's Rights Convention of 1851. Later in life, she lived in Michigan and even owned property. She died in 1883. Her work helped many women and enslaved people during her lifetime.

Multiple Choice

What was Sojourner Truth's Famous speech called?

• What to a Slave is the Fourth of July

• Ain't I A Woman

• I Have a Dream

Multiple Choice

Sojourner fought for the rights of freed slaves and_____

• dogs

• children

• men

• women

Multiple Choice

What was Sojourner Truth's birth name?

• Elizabeth Dumont

• Joan Roberts

• Hannah Garner

• Isabella Baumfree

• Anna Cooper

Multiple Choice

After gaining her freedom, what did Sojourner Truth do to fight against slavery?

• She became a lawyer

• She wrote a book

• She became a traveling preacher and speaker, advocating for abolition and women's rights

• She opened a school for former slaves

Multiple Choice

Who is John Brown?

• A Violent Abolitionist

• A peaceful Abolitionist

• A Violent Slave Owner

• A Peaceful Slaveowner

Multiple Choice

Why did Brown move his family to Kansas?

• Good farmland
• To support them in the fight against slavery
• to go to KU
• to fight the South

Multiple Choice

What did Brown do to unarmed pro-slavery men in Kansas?

• talk to them sternly
• protest in front of their house
• hacked them to death with swords
• agreed with them

Categorize

Options (16)

Violent Tactics

Feminist and Abolitionist

Southern-Raised

Killed pro-slavery voters

Gave speeches and sermons

Wrote pamphlets for southern women

Harper's Ferry Raid

Executed for his actions

Part of the Underground Railroad

Escaped from slavery

Advocated for women's rights

Changed her name to reflect her beliefs

Saw horrors of slavery from owner's perspective

Organize these details among John Brown, Sojourner Truth, and the Grimke Sisters:

John Brown

Sojourner Truth

Grimke Sisters