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American Pageant 13th Edition Ch. 16 People Flashcards

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1895821282Sir Walter ScottBritish novelist whose romantic vision of a feudal society made him highly popular in the South0
1895821283William T. JohnsonMulatto free slave who owned slaves himself; known as the "Barber of Natchez"1
1895821284Frederick DouglassAmerican abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star.2
1895821285N. P. Gordonthe only slave trader/smuggler that was ever executed; NY 1862, 2nd year of the civil war3
1895821286Harriet Beecher StoweAbolitionist, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book.4
1895821287GabrielRichmond, Virginia. an armed slave insurrection. Foiled by informers, leaders were hanged.5
1895821288Denmark VesseySlave who purchased his freedom then planned one of largest slave rebellions in Charleston; rebellion failed but it increased southerners fear of their slaves (1822)6
1895821289Nat Turner(1800-1831) American slave leader, he claimed that divine inspiration had led him to end the slavery system. Called Nat Turner's Rebellion, the slave revolt was the most violent one in U.S. history; he was tried, convicted, and executed.7
1895821290Charles Grandison FinneyAn evangelist who was one of the greatest preachers of all time. He also made the "anxious bench" for sinners to pray and was against slavery and alcohol.8
1895821291Theodore Dwight WeldAmerican abolitionist whose pamphlet Slavery As It Is (1839) inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.9
1895821292William Lloyd Garrison1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.10
1895821293Wendell Phillips"Abolition's Golden trumpet" Did not eat cane sugar and wore no cotton cloth, since both were produced by southern salves11
1895821294David WalkerHe was a black abolitionist who called for the immediate emancipation of slaves. He wrote the "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World." It called for a bloody end to white supremacy. He believed that the only way to end slavery was for slaves to physically revolt.12
1895821295Sojourner TruthUnited States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)13
1895821296Martin Delaneyone of the few black leaders to take seriously the notion of mass recolonization of Africa, in 189 he visited West Africa's Niger Valley seeking a suitable site for relocation14

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