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Category:African-American abolitionists; John Brown's raiders#Black participation; List of notable opponents of slavery; Slavery in the United States; Texas Revolution; Underground Railroad; United States Colored Troops
The history of slavery in Tennessee began when it was the old Southwest Territory and thus the law regulating slavery in Tennessee was broadly derived from North Carolina law, and was initially comparatively "liberal." However, after statehood, as the fear of slave rebellion and the threat to slavery posed by abolitionism increased, the laws ...
Pages in category "Abolitionists from Tennessee" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Samuel Doak; E.
1.26 Tennessee. 1.27 Texas. 1.28 ... many African-American migrants from the Southeast found a space whereby they ... the territory that it would become a Black ...
Abolitionists from Tennessee (4 P) V. Abolitionists from Vermont (3 P) Abolitionists from Virginia (7 P) W. Abolitionists from Wisconsin (5 P) This page was ...
Rankin moved from Tennessee to Ohio to escape the influence of slavery. He could have kept going north, to the Western Reserve or to New England, where his abolitionist perspective might have been ...
At least 1,700 members of Congress enslaved Black and Indigenous Peoples at some point in their lives, [1] including 374 senators, at least 1,477 representatives, at least 23 territorial delegates to the U.S. House, at least 6 members of the Congress of the Confederation, and at least 2 members of the Continental Congress.
The list of Underground Railroad sites includes abolitionist locations of sanctuary, support, and transport for former slaves in 19th century North America before and during the American Civil War. It also includes sites closely associated with people who worked to achieve personal freedom for all Americans in the movement to end slavery in the ...