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The five prominent abolitionists often referred to are Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and John Brown. Frederick Douglass, a former enslaved person, became a powerful orator and writer advocating for emancipation. Harriet Tubman is renowned for her role in the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved individuals escape to freedom. Sojourner Truth was a powerful speaker for both abolition and women's rights, while William Lloyd Garrison was a leading journalist who published "The Liberator," advocating for immediate emancipation. John Brown was known for his radical actions against slavery, including his famous raid on Harpers Ferry.
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Did abolitionists favor limited slavery?
They favored no slavery. They wished to "abolish" slavery. Hence the term abolitionists.
Why were the antislavery reformers called abolitionists?
Because abolitionists are fighting for abolitionism which is the movement to end slavery. Reformers such as Dorothea Dix were fighting for the insane who were being mistreated. So in a way abolitionists are reformers but they are fighting to end slavery.
Abolitionists wanted to get rid of what?
Slavery.
Were Free-soilers the same as abolitionists?
No, they were not. Free-Soilers wanted to stop the spread of slavery, while abolitionists wanted to abolish it alltogether.
What did all abolitionists agree about?
End slavery
What percentage of Americans were ardent abolitionists prior to the Civil War?
five percent
Were some abolitionists racists?
no the couldn't be or else they wouldn't be abolitionists no the couldn't be or else they wouldn't be abolitionists
People who actively worked to end slavery were called?
Abolitionists
How do you spell abolitionists?
abolitionists
Did all the abolitionists help with the underground railrod why or why not?
Most of the abolitionists supported the Underground Railroad because most of the abolitionists wanted to end slavery.
What is a name for people who worked to make slavery illegal?
There names were abolitionists.
Was sojourner truth a abolitionists?
yes she was an American abolitionists and womans right activists.
Were abolitionists union or confederacy?
Union - though most Unionists were never Abolitionists
What is the name for individuals who advocated the ending of slavery and the slave trade?
Abolitionists
What is the opposite of abolitionists?
The opposite of abolitionists would be slaveholders, or those who were pro-slavery.
The Wilmot Proviso was most likely to be supported by who?
Northern abolitionists.
What practice did American abolitionists want to end in the 1800s?
Abolitionists wanted to end Slavery
