Abolitionist Movement
Harriet Tubman
A biography of Harriet Tubman provided by National Geographic Kids.
Aboard the Underground Railroad
General Information about the Underground Railroad provided by the National Parks Service.
Map of the Underground Railroad
A map of Underground Railroad routes.
A catalog of Underground Railroad sites organized by state with links to information and photos of each site.
Information about Brooklyn’s Plythmouth Church, a place of significant importance in the history of the Abolitionist movement.
Influence of Prominent Abolitionists
Information about the lives and contributions of important abolitionist activists and leaders. This website is part of the Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture and includes photos and primary source materials.
William Lloyd Garrison
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1561.html
Lucretia Mott
http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/lucretia-mott.htm
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/lucretia-mott.html
John Brown
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/john-brown.html
Harriet Beecher Stowe
http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-beecher-stowe-9496479
Sojourner Truth
http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/sojourner-truth.htm
Frederick Douglass
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/historyculture/people.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html
Abraham Lincoln
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/abraham-lincoln.html