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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a black American slave who led the only sustained slave rebellion. The revolt was planned for July 4th 1831, and the slaves spent months gathering tools and weapons they could use to kill their white masters. On August 23rd, 57 white men, women and children had been reported dead from the violent rebellion. The rebellion then led to stricter slave codes and restrictions on the slaves. -
The American Anti-Slavery Society
This society was founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison. This society sponsored meetings, signed anti-slavery petitions that were to be sent to congress, they printed and distributed propaganda and sent out lecturers to speak against slavery. -
Lidya A. Finney
Founded the New York Female Moral Relief Society to prevent prostitution in NY in the early 19th century. This society was a huge deal because it sparked other groups and moral reforms that encouraged sexual abstinence and the prevention of the double standard and prostitution. -
Horace Mann
The advocate for public schools. He believed that education should be free and that it would lead to the prosperity of the nation, help to reduce crime and poverty, improve social justice and strengthen institutions. He worked to maintain better schools, improve curriculum, and obtained a six month minimum school and raised salaries for teachers. -
Married Women's Property Act
This was a series of statutes enabled to remove a women's disabilities. The purpose of this act was to place women on equal footing with their husbands with contracts, earnings, the ownership of property and the right to be sued or to sue. -
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The Liberty Party
A group of Abolitionists who believed in the political action to further and abolish slavery goals. They had hoped to dramatize the antislavery issue, pressing legislators into firmer antislavery positions. They wished to prevent slavery from extending further into the states and to put an end to the slave trade. Although the party's goals somewhat fell through, the party helped to spark more national support for abolition. -
John B. Gough
A recovered drunk himself, Gough begun advocating against alcohol and drinking. He spoke mostly about his struggles and when his death came, the New York Times wrote that he was one of the most well known speakers to advocate against drinking. His lectures often drew over 9 million well respectable people. -
The Seneca Falls Convention
The first ever women's rights convention held in the United States. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The convention was exclusively for women who were earnestly invited to attend, and the second day was open to the public. The convention declared and promoted the "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments". -
Harriet Tubman
The previous slave had escaped from her slave holding family, she then became a leading abolitionist who led hundreds of bound slaves to freedom in the North along the route of the "Underground Railroad". She then in return worked under the command of General Montgomery, spying on confederate territory and helping to plan attacks. -
The Grimke Sisters
The two sisters advocated against Abolition and promoted Women's rights. They were well known for influencing many other key figures that had sparked the Seneca Falls Convention that spoke out against creating and allowing more female rights.
