Abolitionism

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Garrison Slide

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His work influenced many people. Garrison also faught for the equal rights of woman. Father- Sailor Deserted family when William was 4. Family was very poor. Apprenticed to a printer at 13 Eventually became a journalist His mom was extremely religious. During the time in Baltimore William was not getting an education so he moved back to Newburyport. 1823- Returned to Baltimore until his mom died. In 1832 he started first society for the immediate abolition of slavery.

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Grimke Sisters Slides

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In 1829, the sisters fled to Philadelphia, where they became Quakers and abolitionists.
In the 1830s they began preaching to audiences of men and women about slavery’s profound sinfulness.

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Harriet Tubman Slide

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The largest Group she had ever conducted consisted of eleven people.
"German Farmer" had a secret wall that swung open to keep Tubman's eleven fugitives safe
The most brazen way Tubman kept her fugitives focused on freedom was by pointing a gun at them, saying, "Go on with us or die"
Being hit with a heavy metal object as a child, she suffered from "powerful visions and dream activity" all her life.
To keep her fugitives safe after reaching canada she rented a house and let them board with her.

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Frederick Douglas Slide

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A literate runaway slave, Douglass began his renowned speaking career in 1841, when he delivered some remarks on his experiences under slavery at a Massachusetts antislavery convention.
In 1845, he wrote his autobiography—Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself in part as a response to critics who argued that such a well-spoken man could never have been a slave.