Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Who are some of the people who fought and worked hard for freedom?

Frederick Douglass was a black leader who presented the case to the public for freeing the slaves. He had a newspaper (his newspaper) called 'The North Star'.
Harriet Tubman born into slavery and she escpaped to become a fighter and fight for abolition and women's suffrage. She worked to help freedom so much and work so hard on the underground railroad that she became known as 'The Moses of Her People'.
William Lloyd Garrison is one of the most influential abolitionist leaders during the American Civil War. He argued for a freedom for people which were held in slavery.
These people all helped to fight against slavery. They all supported freedom and work hard for it to happen.

Information source: http://www.mahalo.com/frederick-douglass,
http://www.mahalo.com/harriet-tubman,
http://www.mahalo.com/william-lloyd-garrison

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