Abolitionists

Some people living in the South and North were against the evils of slavery. Learn about the different people who aided in the abolitionist movement.
 * Southern Dissenters and Northern Abolitionists**

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__**Southern Dissenters**__ John and Jean Rankin
 * [|Reverend John and Jean Rankin]
 * [|Aboard the Underground Railroad: The Rankin House]

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 * Video Clip from the Smithsonian
 * [|PBS article on John Brown]

John Parker To learn more about John Parker, check out the picture book //Freedom River// by Doreen Rappaport.
 * [|John Parker]
 * [|Read about John Parker's work on the Underground Railroad.]

Harriet Tubman
 * [|Harriet Tubman]
 * [|PBS article on Harriet Tubman]
 * Short biography video on Harriet Tubman

Henry "Box" Brown
 * [|Henry "Box" Brown]
 * [|Virtual Field Trip: Henry Box Brown (You must have Google Earth to view.)]

William Lloyd Garrison
 * __Northern Abolitionists__**
 * [|Check out his views on slavery and work as an abolitionist.]
 * [|The William Lloyd Garrison House]

Frederick Douglass
 * [|Learn about his work as an abolitionist.]
 * [|A short biography of his life]
 * [|The Frederick Douglass Papers]
 * [|Tour the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.]
 * Check out the video clip from the History Channel on Frederick Douglass.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe
 * [|Uncle Tom's Cabin]
 * [|Tour the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.]
 * [|Read a short biography of her life.]

Lucretia Mott
 * [|Learn about her work as an abolitionist and suffragist.]
 * [|Photo of American Anti-Slavery Society]


 * __I Will Be Heard__**
 * [|﻿﻿Spreading the Word]
 * [|Abolitionist Strategies]
 * [|Prominent Abolitionists]
 * [|Black Resistance]