Chapter 14“A New Spirit of Change”Significant People that

worked for a better America

As we go through this power point you will need to use a Thinking Map to take notes.

Significant ReformersFredrick Douglas• An escaped slave who later

purchased his own freedom

• Abolitionist, spoke out against slavery.

• Edited the North Star - an abolitionist newspaper

• Wrote an auto-biography that was very important in teaching people about how bad slavery was!

Significant Reformers…Elizabeth Cady Stanton• Worked for women’s rights

(vote)• Organized: Seneca Falls

Women’s Rights Convention w/ Lucretia Mott

• Opposed the 15th Amendment (gave African American men vote after Civil War) because it excluded women.

• Heavily inspired by the Declaration of Independence!!!!

Significant Reformers

Horace Mann

• Worked to reform public education

• Government should pay for public school for all children.

Dorothea Dix• Worked to help reform the

prison system and help those with mental disabilities get fair treatment and care.

Significant Reformers…William Lloyd

Garrison• Abolitionist from the

North

• Wrote The Liberator (abolitionist newspaper)

Harriet Beecher

Stowe• Abolitionist

• Wrote ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ to show the world the cruelties of slavery.

Significant ReformersSojourner Truth• African American

WOMAN who was born a slave.

• Wrote the poem “Ain’t I a Woman?” to explain how black women and white women were treated differently.

• Worked as an abolitionist to educate people against slavery