One of Garrison's famous quotes from his May 1, 1845 narrative include, 'Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free.' Frederick Douglass Douglass was influential in the fight against Slavery...
Frederick Douglas Henry Highland Garnet Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth What is the difference between anti slavery and abolitionism? Anti slavery is being opposed to taking people as slaves. This terminology can be used to refer to any part of the world where keeping...
Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both born during the first week of February. These two men both contributed to improving the lives of African-Americans. By 1976, Negro History Week had been expanded and...
today they enjoy equal rights due to the efforts of black abolitionists and civil rights activists. African-Americans such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Frances Harper and Harriet Tubman led thousands of blacks to freedom and/or worked with white abolitionists. During the postbellum era,...