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Slaves Brought To Jamestwon
African Americans were first brought to Jamestown which was founded in 1607 -
Levi Coffin
Levi Coffin was an American Quaker, abolitionist, and businessman. Coffin was deeply involved in the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio and his home is often called "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad. -
John Brown
John Brown was an American abolitionist who used violent actions to fight slavery. During 1856 in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie. -
Nat Turner
Nathaniel "Nat" Turner was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths -
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War -
United States Bans Slave Trade
While slavery was not officially abolished until the ratification of the 13th adm. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. -
Harriet Anne Jacobus
Harriet Ann Jacobs was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer -
Fredrick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. -
Susan B. Anthony
American women's rights activist, abolitionist, and women's suffrage leader. -
Underground Railroad
After fleeing slavery, Tubman returns south at least 15 times to help rescue several hundred others. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued to the executive agencies of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 -
Web Dubois
American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. -
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Birthdate is unknown only thing written down is the year 1797. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Birthdate is unknown, only thing written down is the year 1820.
