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Pennsylvania Abolition Society (1775)-USA
The Pennsylvania Abolition Society was founded April 14, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and held four meetings.Seventeen of the 24 men who attended initial meetings of the Society were Quakers, that is, members of the Religious Society of Friends. Thomas Paine was also among the Society's founders. -
Declaration of Independence (1776)-USA
Declaration of Statehood and independence from England by Americans. Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaraction -
Slave Trade Act (1807)-Britain
Abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, in particular the Atlantic slave trade, and also encouraged British action to press other European states to abolish their slave trades, but it did not abolish slavery itself. -
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves (1808)- USA
A federal law that stated that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. -
Slavery Abolition Act (1833)- Britain
William Wilberforce was an English politician who lead the fight against the slave trade -
American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)-USA
A society that helped fight against slavery in America. Created by William Lloyd Garrison, and an important part of this organization was freed slave Frederick Douglass. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was a very influential anti-slavery novel written by a famous abolitionist by the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)-USA
This was an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln finally abolishing slavery in America. -
The Underground Railroad
A series of pathways that lead slaves in the South to free states in the North. Harriet Tubman lead many slaves to freedom along this trail. -
13th Amendment (1865)- USA
This was the amendment that formally banned slavery in America unless it was by punishment for crimes.
