The Struggle for Freedom and Abolition Quiz

Question 1

Which escaped enslaved woman became a legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad?

A Harriet Tubman

B Sojourner Truth

C Elizabeth Freeman

D Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Question 2

Who was the formerly enslaved orator and writer who published his own autobiography in 1845?

A Henry Highland Garnet

B William Wells Brown

C Frederick Douglass

D Martin Delany

Question 3

This activist was a former enslaved person who became a powerful speaker for both abolition and women's rights.

A Sojourner Truth

B Lucy Parsons

C Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

D Harriet Jacobs

Question 4

Which white abolitionist was executed for leading the raid on Harpers Ferry?

A Arthur Tappan

B John Brown

C William Lloyd Garrison

D Wendell Phillips

Question 5

Who was the enslaved man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in a landmark Supreme Court case?

A Dred Scott

B Denmark Vesey

C Nat Turner

D Gabriel Prosser

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