ImportantFigures

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 * Harriet Tubman**- Harriet Tubman was an important figure in the escaping slaves. She first escaped and went North to look for a job. She found a job as a hotel cook. Tubman made 13 trips back to the South to rescue her friends and family. The first time she went to the South she rescued her family. The second time she went South she tried to rescue her husband, but he had already been married off to another woman. She instead rescued 13 slaves and lead them to Canada where slavery was illegal by English law.
 * Abraham Lincoln-** Abe Lincoln was an important figure in the times of slavery. He issued an executive order called The Emancipation Proclamation, he promoted passing the 13th amendment in which he all slaves would be freed as a law and that no one would be able to make them slaves again.
 * William Lloyd Garrison**- William Garrison was an important figure in abolition. He was very involved in abolition movements. He wanted immediate emancipation of the slaves. Garrison published a newspaper called //The Liberator.// He founded many different anti-slavery societies including the American Anti-Slavery Society and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. After the civil war he still was involved in other reform movement especially the woman's suffrage movement.

media type="youtube" key="mIlIFgXPNbM" height="270" width="333" __**Levi Coffin**__- Levi Coffin was born in North Carolina. His whole family was opposed to slavery; therefore, they influenced him to oppose slavery. At one time, many people called him the president of the Underground Railroad because of the number of slaves he rescued from the South. He helped rescue 3,000 slaves along the Underground Railroad. He would take the slaves into his house no matter the time of the day and give them comfort and would deliver them to their next stop.