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Key Figures and Movements in the Fight Against Slavery and Alcohol Prohibition

This review presents important figures and movements in the abolitionist movement and the temperance movement. Notable abolitionists include Harriet Tubman, who led the Underground Railroad, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry highlighted the struggle for emancipation. The temperance movement gained momentum post-Civil War, with leaders like Susan B. Anthony advocating for stronger liquor laws. Sojourner Truth, an influential abolitionist and women's rights activist, delivered her famous speech in 1851, advocating for equality and justice.

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Key Figures and Movements in the Fight Against Slavery and Alcohol Prohibition

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  1. Review PowerPoint Robin Cooper Dawson Black Kayla Alston

  2. Abolitionist Movement(the movement to end slavery) • Involved: Harriet Tubman- Slave that conducted the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape. • Harriet Beecher Stowe- wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” which was about a life as a slave. • John Brown- led a raid at Harpers Ferry in which they did not succeed

  3. Abolitionist Continued • William L. Garrison- had multiple follow his idea of slavery being bad. • Details: Revivalist tents led abolitionists to see slavery as the product of sin and demand emancipation as the price of repentance.

  4. Temperance Movement • Involved: Susan B. Anthony- less famous, but not less important to her was her work promoting stronger liquor laws. • Importance: to ban the sale of alcohol • Details: Prohibition lasted 1920-1933 but issues started following the Civil War, the movement began to grow with the support of many women and churches.

  5. Sojourner Truth • An abolitionist, minister, Ex- Slave, Woman’s Rights Activist • Gave her famous speech “Isn't I A Woman?” in 1851 at a Women’s right convention in Ohio. • Changed her name from Isabelle to Sojourner and became a traveling preacher which is what her name means.

  6. Harriet Beecher Stowe- Revivalist Harriet Tubman- William L. Garrison- Susan B. Anthony

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