Abolitionists believed that slavery was morally wrong and violated democratic principles, and the document discusses Frederick Douglass and John Brown, two prominent abolitionist leaders - Frederick Douglass helped free slaves and was a leader of the abolitionist movement fighting to end slavery before the Civil War, while John Brown attempted to start a slave liberation movement at Harper's Ferry in 1859.

1. Who believed that slavery was morally wrong, cruel and inhumane and a violation of the principles of democracy? Abolitionists

2. I chose this image because it is a picture of Frederick Douglass. An abolitionist who helped free slaves. Douglass was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War Frederick Douglass

3. I chose this image because it is a picture of John Brown the first white American abolitionist. He attempted to start a liberation movement among enslaved blacks in Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 electrified the nation, but not a single slave answered his call. John Brown

4. I chose this image because it is the Liberator. A newspaper about slavery that was written by a white abolitionist. It says why slavery should not be allowed and that it is wrong.