1. Abolitionism Gathering together what was going on in the Abolition Movement of the 1850s.

2. William Lloyd Garrison "I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.... On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation.... I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch AND I WILL BE HEARD." - the Liberator

3. The "Underground Railroad" In Ohio alone, it is estimated that from 1830 to 1860 no fewer than 40,000 fugitive slaves were helped to freedom. The number of local antislavery societies increased at such a rate that by 1840 there were about 2,000 with a membership of perhaps 200,000.

4. How important were abolitionists In 1837, for example, a mob attacked and killed the antislavery editor Elijah P. Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois. The majority of people in the north were not interested in the abolition movement. Most people in the north were also, to a certain extent, racist.

5. William H Seward Governor of NY and later, Secretary of State "I early came to the conclusion that something was wrong…and [that] determined me…to be an abolitionist." Seward’s wife Frances was deeply committed to the abolitionist movement

6. Harriet Beecher Stowe "So you're the little lady who started this great war!“ Abraham Lincoln A daughter of an outspoken religious leader. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” sparked a national debate.

7. Frederick Douglass An escaped slave. Became an eloquent speaker and writer. A leading abolitionist- influential in the north, eventually on Lincoln himself.

8. Dredd Scott The Dredd Scott case was influential in moving many northerners towards sympathy with the abolitionists. More detail in your Student Guide