slavery no more
word meaning to end slavery
abolition
Kunta Kinte is renamed this name by his slave master in the film Roots
Tobey
bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Battle of Antietam
document issued by Lincoln after Antietam, making freedom for slaves a goal for the war
Emancipation Proclamation
another name for the north during the Civil War
river many enslaved people crossed into freedom in the northern United States
Ohio
born Isabella Baumfree, she spoke out against slavery and for women's rights in her speech "Ain't I a Woman"
Sojourner Truth
bloodiest battle of the Civil War (and furthest north the war ever gets)
Battle of Gettysburg
the Emancipation Proclamation allowed African Americans to fight for which side for the Civil War
Union
what the south was called during the Civil War
Confederacy
John Brown led a raid at this place to arm the slaves
Harper's Ferry
leading abolitionist and speaker who lived for a while in New Bedford (two of his sons fought in the 54th Mass.)
Frederick Douglass
the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
dedication of a cemetery after the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address
leading general for the south
Robert E. Lee
literate slave preacher that led a slave revolt
Nat Turner
these sisters used to live on a planation and became leading abolitionists
Grimke sisters
bloodiest hour of fighting, ~6,000 men fell at this battle
Cold Harbor
when Lincoln said "Four score and seven years ago", he was referring to the signing of this document
Declaration of Independence
Ford's Theatre was the place where this occurred 5 days after the Civil War was over
Lincoln's assassination
the 'lucky' number Amendment that would end slavery in 1865
13th
Jefferson Davis
the very FIRST battle of the Civil War (only death was a confederate horse)
Ft. Sumter
surrender papers where signed at this location, ending the Civil War
Appomattox
place of the south's surrender on April 9, 1865
Appomattox