This follows USI.8d

1. ABOLITIONISTS
&
SUFFRAGISTS
USI.8d

2. I. Ter ms To Know
a) Abolish- to do away with something
b) Abolitionist- a person who worked to end slavery
c) Emancipation- to free from slavery
d) Suffrage- the right to vote
e) Suffragist- a person who worked to help women gain the right to vote
f) Advocate- a person who speaks/writes in support of a certain cause

3. II. Abolitionist Beliefs
a) Most abolitionists demanded the immediate freeing of all
slaves
b) Abolitionists believed slavery was morally wrong
c) Slavery was cruel and inhumane (Inhumane- lacking
kindness, humanity or compassion)
d) Slavery was a violation of the principles of democracy

4. III. Har riet Tubman
a) Born in 1820 into slavery. Both Parents were slaves
b) Married John Tubman, a free African American.
Fearing she would be sold South, she escaped to
Canada
c) After escaping, she made several return trips to
Maryland to help about 300 other slaves escape on
the Underground Railroad http://www.bio
graphy.com/peo
ple/harriet-
tubman-9511430

5. IV. William Lloyd Gar rison
a) Born in 1805 in Massachusetts
b) He started the Liberator, an anti-slavery
newspaper, when he was 25
c) Worked for emancipation of all
enslaved African Americans

6. V. Frederick Douglass
a) Born in 1818, white father, African American
slave mother
b) Escaped slavery in 1838
c) Started the North Star (abolitionist paper) in
1847
d) Worked for the right to vote for African
Americans and women
http://www.biography
.com/people/frederick
-douglass-9278324

7. VI. Suffragists
a) Believed that “all men and women are created equal”
b) Believed that women were deprived of certain basic rights:
i. The right to vote
ii. Educational opportunities
iii. Equal opportunities in business
iv. Limited in the right to own property

8. VII. Isabella (Sojour ner) Tr uth
a) Born into slavery around 1797, escaped to
freedom in 1826
b) Nationally known advocate for equality
and justice
http://www.biogra
phy.com/people/so
journer-truth-
9511284

9. VIII. Susan B. Anthony
a) Born in Massachusetts in 1820
b) Wanted voting rights for women and
equal rights for all
http://www.biography.co
m/people/susan-b-
anthony-194905

10. IX. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
a) Born in 1815 in New York
b) Leader of women’s right movement and
advocate of abolition
c) Leader of the Seneca Falls Convention in
July 1848
http://www.biography.com/
people/elizabeth-cady-
stanton-9492182