KEY TERMS Key Terms and People to Know for the Regents Exam
Abolitionists
Frederick Douglass (speaker, writer, former slave), Harriet Tubman ("Conductor" on the Underground Railroad), William Lloyd Garrison (publisher of The Liberator), and Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) are best known for their efforts to oppose the practice of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe / Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by intensifying Northern dislike of slavery.