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VA US 6.5
VA US Vocabulary 6.5
Term | Definition |
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freedman | a person that has been freed from slavery |
Nat Turner | Born a slave in Virginia; claimed God had spoken to him to lead the African Americans our of bondage, where he led the only sustained slave rebellion in American history. |
abolition movement | a nineteenth-century movement that sought an end to slavery |
William Lloyd Garrison | American journalist and abolitionist that published newspaper, 'The Liberator'; helped found the Anti-Slaver Society |
Frederick Douglass | Born a slave and escaped to the North in 1838. Published an autobiography of his life in 1845 & served as an advisory to President Lincoln. |
Gag Rule | a rule lasting from 1836 to 1844 that banned debate about slavery in Congress |