Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Stowe was an author as well as an abolitionist and used those traits to write a book that energized people to be active about their beliefs of anti-slavery, called Uncle Toms' Cabin, as well as 20 other writings.
Stowe was an author as well as an abolitionist and used those traits to write a book that energized people to be active about their beliefs of anti-slavery, called Uncle Toms' Cabin, as well as 20 other writings.
Charles Sumner (1811-1874)
Sumner was a U.S. Senator of Massachusetts who led the "Radical Republicans" during their antislavery forces and battles to destroy the Confederacy. He gave a speech called "The Crime Against Kansas" about antislavery, which played a major role in the coming of the Civil War.
Sumner was a U.S. Senator of Massachusetts who led the "Radical Republicans" during their antislavery forces and battles to destroy the Confederacy. He gave a speech called "The Crime Against Kansas" about antislavery, which played a major role in the coming of the Civil War.
John Brown (1800-1859)
Brown was an abolitionist who believed that the only way to stop slavery was with firepower. He and his army went through many battles. He led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, which ended in a capture, and later, his death, which was the turning point for the secession of Virginia and the American Civil War.
Brown was an abolitionist who believed that the only way to stop slavery was with firepower. He and his army went through many battles. He led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, which ended in a capture, and later, his death, which was the turning point for the secession of Virginia and the American Civil War.
Stephen Douglas (1813-1861)
Douglas was a politician who drew up the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was a candidate for the President of the United States, yet lost to Abraham Lincoln.
Douglas was a politician who drew up the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was a candidate for the President of the United States, yet lost to Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States who led the U.S. through the American Civil War, while being able to abolish slavery, give the Gettysburg Address, keep the South from seceding, and give the Emancipation Proclamation among the same few years. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday in 1865.
Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States who led the U.S. through the American Civil War, while being able to abolish slavery, give the Gettysburg Address, keep the South from seceding, and give the Emancipation Proclamation among the same few years. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday in 1865.
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)
Davis was the leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War, and was described as a much less effective war leader than Abraham Lincoln, and yet, towards the end of his life, told Southerners that followed his leadership before the Union won the war, to be loyal to the Union.
Davis was the leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War, and was described as a much less effective war leader than Abraham Lincoln, and yet, towards the end of his life, told Southerners that followed his leadership before the Union won the war, to be loyal to the Union.
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
Grant was the 18th President of the United States, after successfully being a General in the American Civil War. Under Grant and his Union Army, Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army was defeated and the war was ended after the surrender at the Appomattox Court House.
Grant was the 18th President of the United States, after successfully being a General in the American Civil War. Under Grant and his Union Army, Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army was defeated and the war was ended after the surrender at the Appomattox Court House.
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
Lee was a Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
Lee was a Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
Sherman served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. He took over for Grant during his movements south to accept the surrenders of the rest of the Confederate Armies, which led to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Sherman served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. He took over for Grant during his movements south to accept the surrenders of the rest of the Confederate Armies, which led to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as President.