Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln1. Mixed beliefs about slavery2. Slavery was an injustice3. Did not interfere with slavery in South4. Against expansion of slavery in West5. Preserving the Union was main goal6. Free of prejudice7. Not an abolitionist

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis

1. He was a slave owner2. Believed slaves were happy & content3. Believe in states rights4. Supported slave trade5. There should be no limits on slavery6. Became President of the Confederacy

Grimke SistersGrimke Sisters1. Only Southern Women Abolitionist leaders2. Wrote pamphlets against slavery3. Freed slaves their mother gave them4. Traveling lecturers for Anti-slavery Society

John C. CalhounJohn C. Calhoun

1. Strong supporter of slavery2. Slavery should not be illegal3. Slavery was a state issue / decision4. Slavery was a “positive good”5. Whites and African Americans can’t

exist together6. States should defy anti-slavery laws

Anna CarrollAnna Carroll1. She freed her slaves2. South did not have right to secede3. Congress could not legally abolish slavery4. Slaves should be sent to Latin America5. Against full integration

Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass1. Escaped from slavery2. Leading abolitionist3. Lectured against slavery4. Wrote autobiography5. Published North Star6. Wanted former slaves to fight for North7. “Slavery is wicked…. Like a sin”

Hinton HelperHinton Helper1. White Southerner against slavery2. Wrote a book3. Believed slavery hurt whites4. Poor whites couldn’t compete5. African Americans should have no rights6. Believed in segregation

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman1. Escaped from slavery2. Leading abolitionist3. Conductor on Underground Railroad4. Moses of her people5. Helped 300 slaves escape6. Helped recruit for John Brown7. Nurse & spy for Union army

William Lloyd GarrisonWilliam Lloyd Garrison1. Abolitionist (immediate emancipation)2. Published the “Liberator”3. Formed Anti-slavery Society4. Blamed everybody who tolerated slavery5. Set fire to the Constitution in protest6. Said North should secede

George FitzhughGeorge Fitzhugh1. Virginia planter who defended slavery2. Wrote pamphlets (slavery was good)3. Believed blacks were inferior4. Northern workers worse off than slaves5. Slave masters better than business leaders6. Wrote a book7. Supported slave trade