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RoadtoCW

People on the Road to the Civil War

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Advocate for abolition who was beaten on the Senate floor. Charles Sumner
Powerful Illinois senator who believed in "popular sovereignty." Stephen Douglas
Democrat who introduced a resolution calling for the abolition of slavery in territory won from the Mexican War. David Wilmot
First successful presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Abraham Lincoln
Led a bloody slave revolt in 1931 that killed 57 whites in Virginia. Nat Turner
Radical opponent of slavery who founded an abolitionist newspaper and the American Antislavery Society. William Lloyd Garrison
Radical opponent of slavery who founded an abolitionist newspaper and the American Antislavery Society. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Slave whose case asking for freedom led the Supreme Court to rule the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Dred Scott
Escaped slave who became famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman
Fiery abolitionist who led raids killing pro-slavery men in Kansas and who led an unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry. John Brown
Escaped slave who became a powerful spokesman for abolition and wrote an autobiography. Became an advisor to President Lincoln. Frederick Douglass
Won the election of 1856, but was ineffectual in facing the crises leading to the Civil War. James Buchanan
Freed slave who became a spokeswoman for abolition as well as women's rights. Sojourner Truth
Virginian who turned down an offer to command the Union forces because he felt a special loyalty to his state. Robert E. Lee
'Great Compromiser' who helped craft both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. Henry Clay
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