Abolitionist Movement

(Period: Sectional Conflict)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Facts:

• An estimated 40,000 slaves escaped from Ohio through the underground railroad.

Key People:

• William Lloyd Garrison - published newspaper "The Liberator" which advocated strenuously for abolition of slavery.

Vocabulary:

• Aggrandizement - increasing the wealth or power of something.
• Underground railroad - a network of railroads underground through which Northerners and abolitionists helped slaves escape from the south.