Revolt
I led the only sustained slave uprising in American history.
Who is Nat Turner?
This was a network of secret routes and safe houses for people escaping slavery.
What is the Underground Railroad?
I was the President during the American Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
I was born into slavery and became one of the most prominent abolitionist speakers and writers. I was also an advisor to the President.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
I successfully resisted years of Portuguese colonial rule in my kingdom of Ndongo.
Who is Queen Njinga?
I led a raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
I never lost a person on any of my 19 trips into the South.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
I was a senator from Massachusetts who delivered a famous anti-slavery speech called “The Crime Against Kansas.”
Who is Charles Sumner?
I published a weekly abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
I unsuccessfully sued for my freedom in the Supreme Court.
Who is Dred Scott?
I planned the first major rebellion of enslaved people in the United States.
Who is Gabriel Prosser?
This was the final destination for many self-emancipating slaves because slavery was abolished there in 1834.
What is Canada?
I was the first Black woman to successfully sue for freedom in Massachusetts.
Who is Elizabeth Freeman?
I wrote a critique of American hypocrisy in Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World.
Who is David Walker?
I led a major revolt in Jamaica against the British.
Who is Tacky?
I was inspired by the Haitian Revolution to plan a slave uprising in Charleston, South Carolina.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
I helped people escape slavery through my hack (taxi) business in Portland.
Who is Reuben Ruby?
I was a representative from South Carolina who attacked a U.S. Senator on the Senate floor for his anti-slavery positions.
Who is Preston Brooks?
This anti-slavery novel was the second most sold book in the 19th century in the United States.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
I was enslaved as a child and went on to become a leader of the British abolitionist movement. I wrote about my life experiences in slavery, including my time on board a slave ship.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
This was the common response to slave revolts in American history.
What are increased restrictions and backlash?
This building, located in Portland, is the third oldest remaining African American church in the United States.
What is the Abyssinian Meeting House?
I was a representative from Pennsylvania who advocated for total abolition of slavery.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This was the first Black owned and operated American newspaper.
What is Freedom’s Journal?
I led the Haitian Revolution against the French.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?