Henry Elliot
Author
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which made it a crime to aid in the escape or protection of escaped slaves, Stowe lent her actions and her words to the effort to help slaves and put an end to slavery. She actively aided fugitive slaves and, with the publication of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, focused the nation's consciousness on the inhumanity of slavery.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Born into slavery, Douglass became an eloquent spokesperson for both black's and women's rights. During and after the Civil War, Douglass became a confidant of presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Douglass also argued for African Americans to be allowed to join the Union army in the fight for their own freedom.