Back to Africa
William Lloyd Garrison
"The Liberator"
Anti slavery publication
White
Blacks should have same rights as any American citizen
Founded American Anti Slavery Society
Forum for abolitionist views
Nat Turner's Revolt
1831
Led 50-60 slaves in a revolt against 5 plantations
Stopped at the 5th
Members either captured or killed
Turner hanged
Southern states banned circulation of written anti slavery material
Blamed revolt on "The Liberator"
Frederick Douglass
Escaped from slavery in 1838
Wrote autobiography
Great speaker
Spoke often Anti Slavery Society
Abolition without violence
Sojourner Truth
Former slave
Great speaker
Spoke at Anti Slavery Society
Harriet Tubman
Underground railroad
Prejudice in the North
Slavery as a positive good
