http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery Explore images of abolitionists, the Underground Railroad and much more as you learn about the battle over slavery in the United States. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo1 A map of the United States from 1854, with shaded regions indicating slave states, free states and states open to slavery as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of the same year. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo2 A reward poster circulated in Ripley County, Missouri after March 2, 1860 when an African American slave ran away from his owner. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo3 In 1844, Joseph Goodrich built this inn in Milton, Wisconsin and hand dug a tunnel from the inn's basement to a cellar 40 ft away to hide slaves as part of the Underground Railroad. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo4 In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin created sliding shelves at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home so he could hide several slaves in a crawl space. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo5 After escaping from slavery herself, Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) led countless slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, using a secret network of safe-houses (photographed between 1860-1875). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo6 Printed in 1851, this flier was circulated around Boston and warned African-Americans of the Fugitive Slave acts, which legalized the capture and return of any runaway slaves. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo7 A former slave, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) become one of the foremost abolitionists of his time. Known for his powerful speeches and finely-crafted writing, Douglass championed the anti-slavery movement (photographed c. 1879). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo8 A freed slave, Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) pioneered the abolitionist and women's rights movements, campaigning for both causes all over the United States (painting based on a photograph from 1864). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo9 Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was widely supported by abolitionists and condemned by slave owners. An immediate hit, the book sold several hundred thousand copies in its first years (poster from 1859). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo10 A militant abolitionist, John Brown (1800-1859) stormed the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. Unsuccessful, he was captured and hanged, though not before garnering national attention. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo11 John Brown and his conspirators barricaded themselves in this firehouse at Harper's Ferry during their unsuccessful raid on the federal armory in 1859. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo12 A presidential edict issued on January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in Confederate states. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-the-battle-over-slavery/photo12