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The Missouri Compromise
When the state of Missouri requested to join the union in the year of 1819 as a slavery allowing state, it caused an uproar. The Missouri Compromise was their solution to this problem. -
William Lloyd Garrison
A famous abolitionist who founded a newspaper called the Liberator, he was a journalist. -
Frederick Douglass
An important speaker for African-American rights, he stood for social reform. -
Free Soil Party
A group of anti slavery people who wanted blacks to be free and disagreed with the westward expansion of slavery. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an influential abolitionist. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a group of people all across the U.S. trying to help slaves escape slavery.
