Abolitionist+Movement

=ABOLITIONIST=

By: Angelica Rocha

The [|abolitionist] movement began around the year 1830. There were militant abolitionist; a good example of a militant abolitionist would be John Brown. There were also abolitionists who were slaves themselves. Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Tubman were very famous abolitionist. John Brown grew up with a father who was strongly opposed slavery. So he grew up with the same idea. He was a [|militant abolitionist] and came from the guerilla. John Brown also worked in the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman. He held a strong hold and held anti-slavery meetings. He helped lots of fugitive slaves and even gave them some land. John Brown led various raids. On October 16, 1859 they decided to raid the federal arsenal in Harpers, Ferry. He led twenty-one men on that raid. Unfortunately John Brown was wounded and then captured. They took him to Charlestown, Virginia. There he was convicted of treason, and was hung December 2, 1859.
 * __ Militant Abolitionist __**

=** FORMER SLAVES **=

__ **FREDRICK DOULGASS** __
[|Fredrick Douglass] was also a fugitive slave and was the most famous abolitionist of his time. Fredrick Douglass opposed Jim Crow laws. One reason Fredrick Douglass was known to be the most famous abolitionist of his time is the speeches he gave. He even wrote an autobiography called "Narrative of Fredrick Douglass published in 1845. All though the book was fantastic it made Fredrick Douglass a fugitive slave again. He had to flee to England and in a few years his freedom was bought. Later after he returned to America. During the Civil War Fredrick Douglass helped recruit some African Americans to join the Union Army. Fredrick Douglass died in his home year 1895.

She even had a capture reward of 40,000 dollars. Harriet Tubman took part in anti-slavery meetings. She also worked in the union as a nurse ****, **cook, and more importantly a spy. Afterwards she spent the rest of her life in New York. She died in 1913. 
 * __HARRIET TUBMAN__ **
 * Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She worked in the Underground Railroad and freed more than 300 slaves. If any slave were to let doubt settle in their mind because they were tired or scared, Harriet Tubman got them in line. She would threaten them with a gun and say "You'll be free or die." She never lost a passenger. Since Harriet Tubman helped set free a lot of slaves.

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