ABOLITIONISTS &

SUFFRAGISTS

USI.8d

I. Terms To Know

a)Abolish- to do away with something

b)Abolitionist- a person who worked to end slavery

c)Emancipation- to free from slavery

d)Suffrage- the right to vote

e)Suffragist- a person who worked to help women gain

the right to vote

f)Advocate- a person who speaks/writes in support of a

certain cause

II. Abolitionist Beliefs

a)Most abolitionists demanded the immediate

freeing of all slaves

b)Abolitionists believed slavery was morally wrong

c)Slavery was cruel and inhumane (Inhumane-

lacking kindness, humanity or compassion)

d)Slavery was a violation of the principles of

democracy

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III. Harriet Tubman

a)Born in 1820 into slavery. Both Parents

were slaves

b)Married John Tubman, a free African

American. Fearing she would be sold

South, she escaped to Canada

c)After escaping, she made several

return trips to Maryland to help about

300 other slaves escape on the

Underground Railroad

a)Born in 1805 in

Massachusetts

b)He started the Liberator, an

anti-slavery newspaper, when

he was 25

c)Worked for emancipation of all

enslaved African Americans

IV. William Lloyd Garrison

V. Frederick Douglass

a)Born in 1818, white father, African

American slave mother

b)Escaped slavery in 1838

c)Started the North Star (abolitionist

paper) in 1847

d)Worked for the right to vote for

African Americans and womenhttp://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324

VI. Suff ragists

a)Believed that “all men and women are created

equal”

b)Believed that women were deprived of certain

basic rights:i. The right to voteii.Educational opportunitiesiii.Equal opportunities in businessiv.Limited in the right to own property

a)Born into slavery around 1797,

escaped to freedom in 1826

b)Nationally known advocate for

equality and justice

VII. Isabella (Sojourner) Truth

http://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284

VIII. Susan B. Anthony

a)Born in Massachusetts in 1820

b)Wanted voting rights for women

and equal rights for all

http://www.biography.com/people/susan-b-anthony-194905

a)Born in 1815 in New York

b)Leader of women’s right

movement and advocate of abolition

c)Leader of the Seneca Falls

Convention in July 1848

IX. El izabeth Cady Stanton

http://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-cady-stanton-9492182