History

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Liberia

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in western Africa
*it was an independent nation in Africa.
*Its name comes from the Latin word for free.

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Frederick Dougless

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the best known black leader
*fled north to Massachutts.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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the most outspoken white abolitionist

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Angelina Grimke

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came with her sister Sarah from a slave-owning family in South Carolina.
*They hated slavery and moved north to work for abolition.
* because they were putspoken they inspired other women.

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Sojourner Truth

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Born into slavery in NY state she ran away and was a spellbinding speaker inspired women to speak up.

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Lucretia Mott

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traveled to London in 1840 for World Antislavery Convention
*was a Quaker minister & mother of 5 children.

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Seneca Falls Convention

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in 1848 convention met in Seneca Falls, NY leaders of the women's rights movement voted on a plan of action.

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Dorothea Dix

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a Massachusetts schoolteacher, was invited to read to prisoners in the local jail.
After that she decided to take action.

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Horace Mann

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led the fight for public schools in Masssachusetts.
*in 1837 Mann was puti in change of education in the state.

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Washington Irving

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was the 1st American writer to become well known in Europe as well as America
*a New Yorker, published his 1st works in 1820s.

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William Wells Brown

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in 1853 he published a novel about slave life in America.
* was the 1st black to earnhis living as a writer.

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Walt Whitman

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probably read more often today than any other.
*published only 1 book of poems but added more to it.

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Margaret Fuller

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a friend of Emerson's, wrote Woman in the Ninteenth Century

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Benjamin West

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was a portrait painter in Philadelphia in his youth.
* became famous for his historical paintings.

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Hudson River School

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The first group of artists to do so belonged to this school