USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is an Abolitionist? An abolitionist, as the name implies, is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century. More specifically, these individuals sought the immediate and full emancipation of all enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of the U.S.’ first twelve presidents, the only two never to own slaves were John Adams, and his son John Quincy Adams; the first of which famously said that the American Revolution would not be complete until all slaves were freed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Paine’s 1775 article “African Slavery in America” was one of the first to advocate abolishing slavery and freeing slaves.