 |
 Frederick Douglass
was such an impressive speaker for the
abolitionist movement that many opponents claimed
he had never actually been a slave. |
 Lucretia Coffin Mott
fought for the abolition of slavery, as well as
for the rights of women; she also helped found
Swarthmore College. |
 John Brown
led a personal holy war against slavery that
included murder and an act of treason. |
 John
Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry was an
attempt by Brown to start a slave revolt which
would result in an end to slavery; it failed
miserably. |
 The
Emancipation
Proclamation did not actually free a
single slave, but it did strengthen the North's
war effort and weakened the South's by making
slavery one of the principal issues. |
