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Nat Turner insurrectionist, former slave (American) Denmark Vesey insurrectionist, former slave (American) Benjamin Wade (American) David Walker (abolitionist) (son of a slave, American) Samuel Ringgold Ward (born into slavery, American) Theodore Dwight Weld (American) Charles Augustus Wheaton (American) Underground Railroad Operator, New York [31]
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 abolitionist movement was strengthened by the activities of free African Americans, especially in the Black church, who argued that the old Biblical justifications for slavery contradicted the New Testament. African-American activists and their writings were rarely heard outside the Black community.
American abolitionists by state (22 C) A. African-American abolitionists (219 P) American reparationists (30 P) B. John Brown (abolitionist) (3 C, 24 P) L.
Stacker scoured archives and historical sources to compile a list of 16 lesser-known women who were heroes of the abolitionist movement.
Thomas Garrett (August 21, 1789 – January 25, 1871) was an American abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad movement before the American Civil War. He helped more than 2,500 African Americans escape slavery. For his efforts, he was threatened, harassed, and assaulted.
Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation. ... Few today would include Rankin in a list of notable abolitionists. Frederick ...
The Roman Catholic leader of the Irish in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell, supported the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and in America. With the black abolitionist Charles Lenox Remond, and the temperance priest Theobold Mathew, he organized a petition with 60,000 signatures urging the Irish of the United States to support abolition. O ...