1. Abolitionist Movement
Aim: What arguments existed against the institution of slavery?
Abolitionist is someone who supported the movement to end slavery.

2. Abolitionist Movement
William Lloyd Garrison
Race: White
Motivation:
He believed slavery was a sin, and that sinners must be brought to recognize the error of their ways.
Accomplishments:
In 1830 Garrison started his antislavery newspaper, The Liberator
Garrison also played an important role in organizing the national American Antislavery Society in 1833

3. Abolitionist Movement
Frederick Douglass
Race: African-American
Motivation:
Douglass was born into slavery
In 1838, Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland and moved to New York and then to Massachusetts, where he soon became an international figure in the fight against slavery.
Accomplishments:
Douglass lectured extensively against slavery in the US and in Great Britain.
In 1847, Douglass started an anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star.

4. Abolitionist Movement
Harriet Tubman
Race: African-American
Motivation:
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland.
Harriet Tubman was hurt trying to protect a run away slave
Accomplishments:
Became a conductor on the Underground Railroad
Helped 100s of slaves reach freedom in the North and in Canada

5. Abolitionist Movement
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Race: White
Motivation:
Father preached about the evils of slavery and drinking.
Passing of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Accomplishments:
Wrote newspaper and periodical articles about slavery
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin – exposed the American public to the horrors of slavery.