Abolition Movement

What is an abolitionist

• Someone who wants to violently free enslaved people

• Someone who promotes the expansion of slavery

• Someone who advocates for the end of slavery

Who wrote “The Liberator”

• John Brown

• Angelina Grimke

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

The creator of the first abolition newspaper was

• Jesse Thomas

• William Lloyd Garrison

• James Tallmadge

• Abraham Lincoln

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

• Ms Cerroo

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sharon owo

Discuss the impact of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper, The Liberator, on public opinion about slavery in the North.

• It had minimal impact as literacy rates were low.

• It polarized opinion by using moderate language that appealed to both sides.

• It significantly swayed public opinion by using aggressive advocacy for abolition.

• It focused on the economic aspects of slavery, ignoring moral arguments.

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This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African-American senator

Which abolitionist does this headline describe?

• Angelina Grimke

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth

• Frederick Douglass

A person who works to end slavery is called...

• Suffragist

• Abolitionist

• Humanist

• Capitalist

A person who wanted to end slavery was known as a(n)______

• abolitionist

• conductor

• suffragist

• overseer

True or False? Abolitionists took a stand against slavery in hopes of gaining enslaved people their freedom.

• True

• False

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