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17 Cards in this Set
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Middle Passage
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The crossing of the Atlantic Ocean as slaves.
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Emancipation
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Freeing of slaves.
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Abolitionism
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Movement to do away with slavery.
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Compensated Emancipation
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Slave owners being paid for the freedom of his slaves.
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Underground Railroad
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The system by which runaway slaves could reach freedom by traveling at night and being hidden during the day.
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"Fire Eaters"
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Southern extremists who threatened secession.
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Secession
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Withdrawal from the union.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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White abolitionist who began a newspaper called "The Liberator".
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Frederick Douglass
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Former slave who was the leading black abolitionist.
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Harriet Tubman
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Runaway slave who worked with the underground railroad.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
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James Buchanan
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President #15
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Dred Scott
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He was a slave who sued for his freedom.
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John Brown
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Declared war on slavery.
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Harper's Ferry
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Anti-slavery martyr.
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Abraham Lincoln
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President #16.
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the confederacy.
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