By Miss O.
 Nat Turner led a revolt against plantation owners
in Virginia.
 57 people killed
 Whites got scared,
so life got harder
for slaves.
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 Abolitionists campaigned to
end slavery.
 Abolitionist = a person who
wanted to end or “abolish”
slavery
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 Harriet Tubman supported a
secret route that escaped
enslaved African Americans
took; it became known as the
“Underground Railroad.”
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 John Brown led a raid on the
United States Armory
(Arsenal) at Harper’s Ferry,
Virginia. He was trying to
start a slave rebellion. He was
captured and hanged.
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 After Abraham Lincoln was elected President of
the United States in 1860, some southern states
seceded from the Union and formed the
“Confederate States of America.”
 Secede = to withdraw or break away from
 Later, Virginia seceded and joined them.