Man who snuck out of Britain and brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States
Frederick Douglass
Escaped slave who encouraged others to fight back actively
Harriet Tubman
Most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
Abraham Lincoln
Elected President in 1860 - his stance that slavery should not expand westward caused southern states to secede
Dred Scott
Slave who traveled to free land, then back to slave land - argued that being on free land made him a free person - sued for is freedom and lost - concern was that if he won, it could mean that every fugitive slave was free as soon as setting foot on free land
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin - turned many people into abolitionists
Charles Sumner
Senator who was attacked in the Senate for criticizing the institution of slavery and the Congressmen who support it
Henry Clay
Congressman who creates the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 as a way to keep the United States together
Nat Turner
Only many to lead a successful slave rebellion in the United States
John Brown
Abolitionist who attacks and kills pro-slavery men in Kansas and leads a failed slave rebellion on the arsenal at Harpers' Ferry, Virginia
Stephen Douglas
Congressman who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which nullified theMissouri Compromise
