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Important Abolitionists, African American Leaders, & Reformers

Important Abolitionists, African American Leaders, & Reformers. Frederick Douglas (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey). Successfully escaped slavery in 1838 Abolitionists and Writer Taught slaves to read

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Important Abolitionists, African American Leaders, & Reformers

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  1. Important Abolitionists, African American Leaders, & Reformers

  2. Frederick Douglas (Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) • Successfully escaped slavery in 1838 • Abolitionists and Writer • Taught slaves to read • Conferred with Abraham Lincoln on ending slavery and Andrew Johnson on voting rights for blacks

  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin When she met President Lincoln, he said “So, you’re the little lady that started this war.”

  4. Sojourner Truth aka … Isabella Baumfree • Escaped from slavery in 1826 • Abolitionists and women’s rights advocate • In 1851, gave a speech called “Ain’t I a woman?” at a women’s rights convention

  5. Harriet Tubman • Union spy during Civil War • Helped set up Underground Railroad • Supported women’s right to vote

  6. Dorothea (Dorothy) Dix • Army nurse during Civil War • Taught Sunday School at a jail for women • Fought for better conditions for the mentally ill

  7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Spoke about ending slavery • Fought for women’s right to vote • Supported temperance movement • Wrote a Declaration of Sentiments demanding equality in 1848 (was modeled after the Declaration of Independence)

  8. Susan B. Anthony • Demanded laws giving women the right to own property and earn wages • She said “A woman must have a purse of her own.”

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