Library of Congress
Loc: African American Mosaic: Influence of Prominent Abolitionists
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Prominent Abolitionists
Find the impetus behind the anti-slavery movement and the philosophy that united all abolitionists even though they followed different routes. Included are links to individual biographies of prominent abolitionists.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Oliver Wendell Holmes Biography
Ths Bibliomania site provides a biography of the 19th century American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). Discusses his ancestry, childhood, education, and career in medicine and literature. Includes analyses of his works and a...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Sacred Beliefs
At the beginning of the Civil War people in both the North and the South held firm beliefs about the reasons for the war. Some wanted to preserve the Union, others to end slavery. In the South the question was about states' rights and...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: African American Abolitionists
Read about three African-American abolitionists who worked alone and in concert with white abolitionists. The most radical was David Walker, who was the founder of radical abolitionism.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Abolitionist Sentiment Grows
Abolitionists had been active since the end of the Revolutionary War, but in the 1830s they became more radical in their demands to end slavery. See what their solutions were, and read about how abolitionist views were thwarted in the...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Wendell Phillips
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Wendell Phillips, an abolitionist crusader whose oratorical eloquence helped fire the antislavery cause during the period leading up to the American Civil War.
Curated OER
Wendell Phillips Speaks Against the Fugitive Slave Law
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips was an anti-slavery orator.-E. Benjamin Andrews 1895
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wendell Phillips
The great Anti-Slavery agitator, Wendell Phillips, was born in Boston, November 29, 1811, and was the son of the first Mayor of that city. -The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wendell Phillips
An American abolitionist, Native American advocate and orator. After graduating from Harvard in 1831, he went on to attend its law school from which he graduated in 1833. In 1834, Phillips was admitted to the state bar, and in the same...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wendell Phillips
(1811-1884) American orator and reformer who led the anti-slavery campaign and fought for the rights of women and Native Americans.