This was a period after the Civil war that United States was trying to repair the damage done by the war. Unfortunately, the citizens of the untied states were torn by weather we should keep slavery.
The emancipation proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
13th AmendmentThis Prohibited Slavery in the United States. 14th AmmendmentAnyone born in the U.S. is a citizen of the United States. 15th AmmendmentGave Blacks the right to vote.
Harriet Bleacher StoweShe was famous for the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet TubmanShe helped in the creation of the Underground rail road which helped slaves escape to freedom. William Lloyd GarrisonPublished the abolitionist newspaper, “The Liberator”. Fredrick DouglasEscaped slave, author, abolitionist, speaker, supporter of equal rights for all. Sarah and Angelina GrimkeFought alongside Theodore Weld to abolish slavery and were devoted to racial and gender equality. Sojourner TruthImpressive speaker against slavery and for women’s rights. Gave the famous “Ain't I a Woman?” speech at an Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. John BrownJohn Brown was considered a saint to some, a madman to others, especially Southerners. Some Northerners thought he went too far. Brown was an abolitionist who advocated armed revolt to end slavery. Led Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in “Bleeding Kansas” where pro and anti-slavery forces faced. Attempted to arm slaves by raiding a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, inciting a slave rebellion.
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