LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery.
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He was a politician who knew people in power and used his connections to fight against slavery.
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He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life first as a speaker and then as an author.
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He was a slaveowner who changed his mind about slavery and published the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After finding employment as a laborer, Douglass began to attend abolitionist meetings and speak about his experiences in slavery. He soon gained a reputation as an orator, landing a job as an agent for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The job took him on speaking tours across the North and Midwest.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harriet Tubman was like Douglass, she too had escaped enslavement and became a prominent abolitionist. She was active in the Underground Railroad, the clandestine network of safe houses and abolitionists that helped escapees reach freedom in the North.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Douglass escaped, he wanted to promote freedom for all slaves. He published a newspaper in Rochester, New York, called The North Star. It got its name because slaves escaping at night followed the North Star in the sky to freedom.