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The Anti-Slavery Society's great postal campaign of 1835 flooded the South with abolitionist literature — and created a backlash.
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On a trip to Kentucky in 1833, Harriet Beecher Stowe witnessed slavery up close.
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William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of his abolitionist newspaper on January 1, 1831.
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Frederick Douglass named his abolitionist newspaper The North Star  after the icon followed by escaped slaves on their journeys to freedom.
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Douglass's first experience of slavery — watching his aunt being brutally beaten — would haunt him to his grave.
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At 22, William Lloyd Garrison knew that the abolition of slavery was the cause that would give meaning to his life.
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On July 4, 1854 in Massachusetts, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison burned a copy of the constitution.
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After four decades and 1,803 issues, William Lloyd Garrison closed his abolitionist newspaper.
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After reading reports of pro-slavery violence, Angelina Grimke decided she could not remain silent.
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In 1829, abolitionist Angelina Grimke left Charleston for an uncertain future in the North.
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The daughter of one of South Carolina's first families, Angelina Grimke believed slavery was a sin.
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The makers of The Abolitionists describe making a film about a "transformative moment in American history that stemmed from the actions of ordinary individuals."
