Slavery+and+Abolitionists

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 * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abolitionist


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=Slaves=
 * Slave-** A person's property.

__ Dred Scott: __ -Was first slave to sue for his freedom but did not succeed. -Born 1799 -Migrated Westward with his owner, Peter Blow. -Married Harriet Robinson. -Moved to a free state. -Went to the highest court but got turned down because he was not a citizen. -Got bought and set free. -Died 9 months after set free;1958



DREAD SCOTT
= Abolitionist =


 * Abolitionist-** A person who does not want slavery.

Abraham Lincoln - A president who was against slavery.

Abraham Lincoln: - Was an abolitionist - Born February 12, 1809 - He was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. - Made law against slavery. - Was president during the civil war for the north. - In 1837 Lincoln took his first public stand on slavery.




 * **THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN APRIL 12,1861 AND ENDED APRIL 9, 1865**

Slaves were people who had to do whatever their owner said in order to stay alive. Abolitionists are people who were against slave owners and wanted to free the slaves. The battle between slave owners and abolitionists was called the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln played an important role in the Civil War. Dread Scott was a slave that was alive during the Civil War but wanted to be set free. Slaves usually respect abolitionists for trying to help free them.

Abolitionists were against slavery because it was decriminaton and unfair.