1849 Famous Abolitionists (jan 1, 1849 – jan 26, 1850)
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Harriet Tubman: Is a Runaway slave who Fought to abolish slavery and for women’s rights. “Conductor” on the Underground Railroad Returned to the South 13 times to help free 70 slaves.Fredrick Douglass: Escaped to Massachusetts
Published an anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star. Speaker at the Seneca Falls Convention in support of Women’s Rights.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, Brought national attention to the evils of slavery
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Date:
jan 1, 1849
jan 26, 1850
~ 1 years