Abolitionist Web Quest

Abolitionist	What do I look like?	Where am I from	What did I do to be considered an abolitionist?	Was I successful in my cause?  Explain!
Frederick Douglassby Edgar Sargsyan		Talbot County, Maryland	He regularly lectured on anti-slavery, women’s rights, and Irish home rule.	Douglass was successful in spreading anti-slavery across the states and became a famous writer, adviser, and intellectual.
William Lloyd Garrisonby Joseph Navarrete		Newburyport, Massachusetts	In 1830, William Lloyd Garrison founded The Liberator, an abolitionist publication. In 1832, he was a founding member of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. When the Civil War broke out, he continued to denounce the Constitution as a pro-slavery document. When the Civil War ended, he witnessed the abolition of slavery.	William Lloyd Garrison was successful in decrying the Constitution as an instrument that favored slavery. When the civil war ended, he witnessed the abolition of slavery for himself.
Abolitionist	What do I look like?	Where have I lived?	What did I do to be considered an abolitionist?	Was I successful in my cause?  Explain!
Harriet Beecher Stoweby Krish Khatao		Cincinnati, Ohio	In 1852, author and social activist Harriet Beecher Stowe popularized the anti-slavery movement with her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. While slavery was prominent in the South, many Americans did not encounter slavery daily. Therefore, many did not fully grasp its appalling nature.	The series was so successful that in 1852 it was published in book form in two volumes and quickly became a bestseller in the United States, England, Europe and Asia.
Harriet Tubmanby Edgar Sargsyan		Dorchester County, Maryland	After escaping her enslavement, Tubman led hundreds of other slaves from their plantation systems to freedom, using the Underground Railroad Network.	Tubman was successful at freeing many enslaved workers and helping the Northern Army during the Civil War.
Sojourner Truthby Anthony Mendoza Luna		Rifton, NY	Sojourner was a women’s rights activist and at the same time wanted her life´s purpose to abolish slavery.	Throughout her life as a civil and women´s rights activists also wanting to abolish slavery she had a big impact with what she was fighting for. She was able to expose the nature of slavery. It even got her to the president at the time Abraham Lincoln.

Abolitionist	What do I look like?	Where have I lived?	What did I do to be considered an abolitionist?	Was I successful in my cause?  Explain!
Nat Turnerby Edgar Sargsyan		Southampton County, Virginia	Turner led a violent revolt with the help of other enslaved workers and killed his owners.	He was partially successful in being an icon of rebellion, but his actions also brought more harshness and brutality towards enslaved people, since his rebellion was violent.
John Brownby Anthony Mendoza Luna		Torrington CT	Brown raided a federal arsenal and was against slavery and he led to the Civil War	He was somewhat successful in his cause but his plan did not go as planned because he got killed.
Grimke Sistersby Krish Khatao		South Carolina	recognize the importance of women’s rights and to speak and write about the cause of female equality	Though skeptics warned that two women speaking together could damage the anti-slavery cause, their first tour was largely regarded as successful. From there they shared an exhaustive tour of New England, furthering the abolition movement. As of 1837, there were no longer gender restrictions on the audience.

Abolitionist	What do I look like?	Where have I lived?	What did I do to be considered an abolitionist?	Was I successful in my cause?  Explain!
Martin Robinson Delanyby Joseph Navarrete		Charles Town, Virginia	Delany became involved in abolitionist activities in Pittsburgh, including leading the Vigilance Committee, which assisted in the relocation of fugitive slaves, assisting in the formation of the Young Men’s Literary and Moral Reform Society, and joining the integrated militia to protect the Black community from white mob attacks.	Martin Robinson Delany was successful in assisting in the relocation of fugitive slaves.