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American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. Best known for socialligy for the south and Cannibals all. His books alarmed northerners and roused southerners to take a better defense. He believed that the world must either become all slaves or all free.

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African American David Walker wrote a pamphlet that argued for the end of slavery and discrimination in 1829.Growing up in Wilmington NC Walker had witnessed slavery and racism in his lifetime. Argued that African Americans need to fight for their freedom. Walker was a free slave as well as his mother yet his father was enslaved. He left Wilmington between 1815 and 1820 stating that he could no longer listen to the slaves chains and the insults of the hypocritical enslavers

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Dred Scott was a Missouri Slave. In 1836 he moved to Illinois, a free state then eventually came back to Missouri. Upon arriving back Scott was told he was no longer a free man. The court said that if you are not of American descent you cannot be a citizen of the state. Therefore Dred Scott could not testify in court and was denied.

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The underground railroad got its lts name because it was a secret using "darkness and disguise". The word railroad came from the various routes, stopping at stations, and aids like harriet Tubman called conductors. The slaves traveled through 14 differnet northern states in order to get to canada for freedom. Levi Coffin, a quaker helped about 3,000 slaves gain their freedom. Travel on the underround railroad was difficult and dangerous. An estimate of 100,000 slaves escaped through the underground railroad in search of the "promised land" (canada

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John Brown was an abolitionist who wanted to violently overthrow the slave system. He was known for the murders of proslavery people. John justified his crimes with his faith in God. On October 16th 1859 Brown and his followers were attacked by Robert E. Lee. Ten of Browns followers were killed while Brown was wounded and captured. Almost two months later John was hanged on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection.

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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery along with her mother, father, and nine siblings. In 1849 Tubman fled to philadelphia and left slavery after her owner had died. She led the underground railroad to philadelphia until the fugitive slave law was passed in 1850. Tubman then sent the underground railroad to canada. She helped 300 slaves with 19 trips back to the south. The first women to lead an armed expedition in the civil war "the combahee raid".