Media Summary: Following the tragic death of her young son and moved by the plight of slave families being torn apart by the Fugitive Slave Law, ... After hearing Frederick Douglass speak at an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, an inspired William Lloyd encourages ... At 22, William Lloyd Garrison moved to Boston and determined that

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Following the tragic death of her young son and moved by the plight of slave families being torn apart by the Fugitive Slave Law, ... After hearing Frederick Douglass speak at an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, an inspired William Lloyd encourages ... At 22, William Lloyd Garrison moved to Boston and determined that John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass and reveals his radical plan to raise an army, attack plantations and free the slaves. Angelina Grimké, the outspoken daughter of a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina plantation family, believed that slavery was a ... Historians John Stauffer and Lois Brown talk about the value of

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Following the tragic death of her young son and moved by the plight of slave families being torn apart by the Fugitive Slave Law, ...

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The Abolitionists - Frederick Douglass & William Lloyd Garrison | PBS

After hearing Frederick Douglass speak at an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, an inspired William Lloyd encourages ...

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The Abolitionists - William Lloyd Garrison | PBS

At 22, William Lloyd Garrison moved to Boston and determined that

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The Abolitionists - Frederick Douglass and John Brown | PBS

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The Abolitionists - Frederick Douglass and John Brown | PBS

John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass and reveals his radical plan to raise an army, attack plantations and free the slaves.

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Angelina Grimké | The Abolitionists | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

Angelina Grimké, the outspoken daughter of a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina plantation family, believed that slavery was a ...

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The Advisors of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's The Abolitionists

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