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The Abolitionists
Abolitionists were mostly white men and women that believed that slavery in the United States should be gotten rid of.
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The Quakers
Various Protestant religions were being formed in England during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The Underground Railroad
The “Underground Railroad” was a network established by those that believed in freedom for the Black slaves between 1810 and the 1860s.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist in the 1800s who is most well-known as an author.
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Herman Melville
Herman Melville is a noted author and poet best known for his book “Moby-Dick.”
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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman is considered to be one of America’s best poets, journalists, and essayists.
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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was famous for her book “Little Women,” but was also author of a number of other novels that were well-received during her time.
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Clara Barton
Clara Barton was a nurse and educator and is most well-known as the founder of the American Red Cross.
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Frederick Douglass
Douglass was a former slave that became an activist and writer and was so influential in his speaking and topics that he became the advisor to presidents.
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The Slave Markets
Slavery was not only an accepted way of life in the New World, but was part of how the economy of Europe was maintained.
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce became a voice of the abolitionists in the 1800s.
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Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was a civil rights leader and an educator that helped to change the lives of Black Americans.
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Henry Box Brown
The story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown is one of courage and dedication.
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
It’s not known if Peg Leg Joe was a single individual or a combination of a number of people as there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that one person is credited with that name.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was unique for her time as she not only went to college, but became one of the first female doctors.
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony is one of the leading iconic figures in the history of women’s rights.
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John Wilkes Boothe
John Wilkes Booth is most notable for his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater on April 14, 1865.
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Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt was an American painter during a time in the 1800s when women not only didn’t work, but they weren’t accepted as true artists.
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George Catlin
George Catlin was an artist who focus exposed the beauty, mystery, and culture of Native Indians in America.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the most controversial and talented American writer, poet, and critic.
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