Frederick Douglass' Influence on the Anti-Slavery Movement Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential men of the anti-slavery movement. He stood up for what he believed in, fought hard to get where he got and never let someone tell him he could not do something. Frederick Douglass made a change in this country that will always be remembered. Born Frederick Baily, Frederick Douglass was a slave, his birthday is not pin pointed but known to be in February of 1818. He was born on
many citizens of Europe, from indentured servants to people seeking religious freedom, decided to go through the transatlantic passage with three major things in mind, God, gold and glory. God meant the spread of Christianity, gold meant the gain of riches, and glory meant fame. Spanish inquisition, as well as French, Portuguese & English inquisition for those three Gs became the new race for power and dominance. Columbus’ efforts at turning the natives into slaves ultimately failed due to their bodies
slaves within the southern states continued. Conflict grew in the 19th century between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery. The northern states were going through an industrial revolution and desperately needed more people to work in its factories. Industrialists in the North believed that, if freed, the slaves would leave the South and provide the labour they needed. The North also wanted tariffs on imported foreign goods to protect their new industries. The South was still
and Mississippian period Pre-Columbian cultures dating from roughly 3000 BC to the 16th century AD, and living in the Great Lakes region, the Ohio River region, and the Mississippi River region. Mound builder cultures can be divided into roughly three eras: Archaic era Poverty Point in what is now Louisiana is perhaps the most prominent example of early archaic mound builder construction (c. 2500 1000 BC). An even earlier example, Watson Brake, dates to approximately 3400 BC and coincides