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===Abolitionists===

===Abolitionists===

*[[Harriet Tubman]], Underground Railroad. (1820 - 1913) <ref>http://www.heritageny.gov/Railroad/urny.cfm</ref>  Well-known associate of the Underground Railroad.  Acted as a spy and led raids to assist others in gaining their freedom.

*[[Harriet Tubman]], Underground Railroad (1820–1913).<ref>http://www.heritageny.gov/Railroad/urny.cfm</ref>  Well-known associate of the Underground Railroad.  Acted as a spy and led raids to assist others in gaining their freedom.

*[[Frederick Douglass]], orator, writer and publisher. (1817 - 1875) <ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/447/000048303/</ref>  Respected leader of the abolitionist movement, consummate freedom seeker, orator and publisher.

*[[Frederick Douglass]], orator, writer and publisher  (1817–1875).<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/447/000048303/</ref>  Respected leader of the abolitionist movement, consummate freedom seeker, orator and publisher.

*[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], unitarian minister and freethinker. (1803-1882) <ref>http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/ralphwaldoemerson.html</ref>  Expressed visceral public disapproval of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.  Exhorted people to "do the duty of the hour", and support abolition.   

*[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], Unitarian minister and freethinker (1803–1882).<ref>http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/ralphwaldoemerson.html</ref>  Expressed visceral public disapproval of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.  Exhorted people to "do the duty of the hour", and support abolition.   

*[[William Lloyd Garrison]], anti-slavery editor of the Liberator (1805 - 1879); the single most imfluential abolitionist <ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/966/000049819/</ref>  Founded the Liberator with partner Isaac Knapp in 1831.   

*[[William Lloyd Garrison]], anti-slavery editor of the Liberator (1805–1879); the single most influential abolitionist.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/966/000049819/</ref>  Founded the Liberator with partner Isaac Knapp in 1831.   

*[[Elizur Wright]], abolitionist, freethinker. (1804-1885) <ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852788.html</ref> Became involved in the abolitionist movement while attending Yale university.  Eventually worked as a secretary with the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and assumed the editorship of the Massachusetts Abolitionist in 1839.

*[[Elizur Wright]], abolitionist, freethinker (1804–1885).<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852788.html</ref> Became involved in the abolitionist movement while attending Yale University.  Eventually worked as a secretary with the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and assumed the editorship of the Massachusetts Abolitionist in 1839.

*[[John Brown]] (1800-1859), tried to lead a slave rebellion in 1859; the slaves did not join him, but white Southerners became convinced there were many more John Browns to come if they stayed in the Union

*[[John Brown]] (1800–1859), tried to lead a slave rebellion in 1859; the slaves did not join him, but white Southerners became convinced there were many more John Browns to come if they stayed in the Union

*[[John Stuart Mill]],  philosopher, essayist.  (1806 - 1879) <ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/147/000030057/</ref>  Wrote numerous essays on abolition during the American Civil War.  Asserted the war was being fought to abolish slavery, an unpopular political opinion at the time.

*[[John Stuart Mill]],  philosopher, essayist (1806–1879).<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/147/000030057/</ref>  Wrote numerous essays on abolition during the American Civil War.  Asserted the war was being fought to abolish slavery, an unpopular political opinion at the time.

==Biblical Perspective==

==Biblical Perspective==