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Abolition/Suffrage
Term | Definition |
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Harriet Tubman | led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad |
William Lloyd Garrison | wrote the Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans |
Frederick Douglas | wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women |
Isabel Sojourner Truth | a former enslaved African American, who was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice |
Susan B. Anthony | an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | played a leadership role in the women's rights movement |
immediate freeing of slaves | demanded by most abolitionists |
abolitionists | men and women who worked to end slavery |
suffrage | movement for equal rights for women; right to vote in an election |
emancipation | the freeing from bondage |
underground railroad | series of safe houses and hiding places for runaway enslaved African Americans |