Abolitionist Movement Crossword Puzzle

About the Abolitionist Movement Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers people, ideas, publications, and events connected to the movement to end slavery. Look for names such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass’s surname, and Sojourner Truth, alongside terms like emancipation, Amistad, and The Liberator. It is suited to students studying nineteenth-century history and anyone interested in the people and campaigns that challenged slavery.

This crossword draws on 44 clues about Abolitionist Movement. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Ending of a system of human bondage (9 letters)
• •Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (12 letters)
• •Black abolitionist who aided escapees in New York (12 letters)
• •Author of a famous account of enslavement and freedom (7 letters)
• •Editor who founded The Liberator (8 letters)
• •Indiana Quaker called the president of the Underground Railroad (10 letters)
• •State whose admission prompted an 1820 congressional deal (8 letters)
• •Wendell ___, prominent Boston abolitionist orator (8 letters)

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