jan 1, 1849 - 1849 Famous Abolitionists

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Harriet Tubman: She was the runaway slave ”conductor” on the Underground Railroad. She returned to the South 13 times to help free 70 slaves.

Fredrick Douglass: Was born a slave in Maryland. He taught himself to read. He then escaped to Massachusetts. He soon published an anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 which brought national awareness to the evils of slavery

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