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12 Cards in this Set
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David Walker
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black abolitionist who called for immediate emancipation of slaves
-wanted physical revolt -"bloody end to white supremacy" |
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Nat Turner
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Black priest who led slave revolt in 1831 in S.C
-caused more strict slave laws |
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Sojurner Truth
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freed slave who advoated black rights and womens' rights
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Theodore Dwight Weld
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prominent abolitionist during 1830s
-preached antislavery gospel - wrote antislavery pamphlet "American Slavery As It is" |
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Frederick Douglas
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freed black
eloqeuent speaker sough "politcal way" to end slavery |
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Lane Rebels
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group organized by Theodore Dwight Weld
-preached anti-slavery ideas |
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Eli Whitney
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-invented the cotton gin in 1793
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Denmark Vesey
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- Led an unsuccesful slave rebellion in 1822
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American Colonization Society
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society formed to transport blacks to Liberia
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William Lloyd Garrison
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wrote "the Liberator"
incited hatred by the south |
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Wendell Phillips
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boycotted cane sugar and cotton products
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gag resolution
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bill passed by the southern house
all aboltionist request would be tabled without being debated |
