American abolitionists

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July?
gptkb:John_Brown
gptkbp:advocates_for women's rights
the end of slavery
the right to vote for African Americans
the education of freed slaves
the immediate emancipation of slaves
gptkbp:education the public about slavery
gptkbp:faced legal challenges
violent opposition
gptkbp:formed alliances with other reform movements
gptkbp:fought_in equal rights for African Americans
gptkbp:founded gptkb:the_American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkbp:held_in conventions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American abolitionists
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Henry_Ward_Beecher_Jr.
gptkb:William_Lloyd_Garrison
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Mary_Cady_Stanton
gptkb:Sojourner_Truth
gptkb:Lucretia_Mott
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:John_Brown
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkb:Wendell_Phillips
gptkb:James_G._Birney
Sarah and Angelina Grimké
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:the_Enlightenment
Quaker beliefs
gptkbp:inspired_by the Second Great Awakening
gptkbp:is_active_in the 19th century
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:the_Underground_Railroad
political activism
the fight for civil rights
the fight against Jim Crow laws
legal battles against slavery
gptkbp:is_known_for their writings
their speeches
their activism.
gptkbp:is_often_compared_to inspired by personal experiences
self-educated
persecuted
women-led
arrested for their activities
gptkbp:is_opposed_by pro-slavery advocates
gptkbp:is_part_of the women's suffrage movement
the larger abolitionist movement
gptkbp:is_promoted_by the moral argument against slavery
gptkbp:is_sought_after_by influence legislation
end racial discrimination
create a more just society
change public opinion
recruit allies
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:the_Emancipation_Proclamation
abolitionist churches
gptkbp:organizes public lectures
gptkbp:published_by abolitionist newspapers
gptkbp:uses gptkb:underground_railroad
public demonstrations
moral suasion
gptkbp:utilizes pamphlets and books