Abolition Movement

• From the 1830s until 1870, the abolitionist movement attempted to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation and discrimination.
• both white and black Abolitionist fought against slavery during the 9th century.
• The Abolition movement happened in the 1800's to end slavery.
• The majority of abolitionists activity happened in the United States and Great Britain, but it also happened in other countries as well.
• Antislavery began in the colonial days in the United States.
• Abolitionist : William Lloyd Garrison,Sojourner Truth,Harriet Tubman,Frederick Douglass,Henry "Box" Brown,Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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