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Who is the most famous abolitionist?
I'm not really sure, but isn't it Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was one of many. There were others such as Martin Luther King Jr. Sojourner Truth, Fredrick Douglas, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, William Still Angelina, Grimke Sister, Sarah William, and Lloyd Garrison. There is no single most famous abolitionist because every famous abolitionist did something monumental.
How did the compromise of 1850 lead to a rise in abolitionist activity?
Because one part of it was the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This caused an emotive reaction in the North, and caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
What do you call a person who is against slavery?
A person opposed to slavery was called an abolitionist. An abolitionist can refer to someone ho supports an end to anything, but was used specifically to refer to those opposing slavery.
The abolitionist who tried to lead a revolt at harpers ferry in 1859?
=John Brown (abolitionist)=
Was Stephen A Douglas an abolitionist?
yes!
