Pro V. Anti-Slavery

Frederick Douglas, an abolitionist leader who was born into slavery became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women's rights.

Sojourner Truth, an African-American abolitionist and an escaped slave who was a women's rights activist best known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?"

John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 and was a pro-slavery advocate from Virginia.

Henry Clay, an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives was an anti-slavery advocate.

Angelina Grimke, raised on a slave-owning plantation in South Carolina, she grew up to become an ardent abolitionist writer and speaker, as well as a women’s rights activist.

John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States served one term as president from 1825 to 1829 and he was very anti-slavery.

William Lloyd Garrison, a prominent American journalist; In 1830 he started an abolitionist paper, The Liberator.

James Hammond, a nineteenth-century slaveowner from the south was a United States representative from 1835 to 1836.

John Breckenridge, an American lawyer and politician represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861; he represented the Southern faction in support of slavery.