Major Leaders in Abolition/Emancipation reform and their Accomplishments

-William Lloyd Garrison

-Was a white editor and a radical abolitionist.

-Started his own newspaper called "The Liberator" in 1831, which called for emancipation.

-Frederick Douglas

-Was born into slavery in 1817.

-His slaveowner's wife taught him how to read and write until her husband forbid her teaching.

-The slaveowner's believed it "would forever unfit him to be a slave."

-Despite Douglas's learning setback, he continued to study because he believed it was his path to freedom.

-He eventually escaped slavery and wrote a newspaper called "The Northstar."

-David Walker

-Walker was a free black slave who published a book named "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" in 1829.

-Walker believed that slaves should fight for their right to be free instead of waiting for it to happen.

-Nat Turner

-Was born into slavery in 1800 in Southampton County, Virginia.

-Was a skilled preacher who was chosen by the people to lead the slaves out of bondage.

-Led a rebellion, taking over 4 plantations and killing about 60 white plantation owners before being captured.

-Was hanged.

-Rebellion caused whites to kill 200 black slaves and strengthen the grip the plantation owners held.