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When the state of Missouri requested to join the union in the year of 1819 as a slavery allowing state, it caused an uproar. The Missouri Compromise was their solution to this problem.
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A famous abolitionist who founded a newspaper called the Liberator, he was a journalist.
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An important speaker for African-American rights, he stood for social reform.
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A group of anti slavery people who wanted blacks to be free and disagreed with the westward expansion of slavery.
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Harriet Tubman was an influential abolitionist.
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The Underground Railroad was a group of people all across the U.S. trying to help slaves escape slavery.
