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John Brown
John Brown was an abolitionist whose hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry -
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Angelina Grimké
an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. She is one of two white Southern Women to become abolitionists. -
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William Lloyd Garrison
American journalistic crusader who published a newspaper, The Liberator, and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Honest Abe was the 16th President of the United States and led the country during the American Civil War. He pushed for freedom for all slaves. -
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
An American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. -
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Stephen Douglas
a U.S. politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who supported the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War. -
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Frederick Douglas
An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman -
Missouri Compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
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Mexican-American War
Conflict between the U.S. and Mexico that helped fulfill America's manifest destiny idea and expanded their territory across North America. -
Compromise of 1850
A series of laws passed that dealt with slavery in the U.S. It put an end to the slave trade. Also, by accepting California as a state, the United States were allowed to expand their territory. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
It allowed people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if slavery was allowed within their borders or not. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Dred Scott Case
A supreme court ruling that a slave was not entitled to freedom if they had lived in a free state. -
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Raid on Harper's Ferry
An effort by John Brown to start an armed slave revolt.