The abolitionists were a group of people who wanted to get rid of (abolish) slavery. This book will tell you about some of them. They came from different places and had different stories, and God called them to serve him in different ways. But they each worked to make sure that a human being, made in the image of God, could not be owned by someone else.
Included are profiles of:
Granville Sharp
Phillis Wheatley
Olaudah Equiano
Thomas Clarkson
William Wilberforce
Zachary Macaulay
William Knibb
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
The Who, What, Why series explores the lives,
concepts, and movements that have shaped the lives of God’s people throughout history.
Featuring engaging narrative, beautiful illustrations and a timeline of key dates, this series introduces young people to big topics through simple questions.
Ask more questions about this topic:
What was the Underground Railroad?
Why Did Slavery End?
Endorsements
Danika has done it again! Built on the foundation of God’s command to love our neighbors as ourselves, in her Who, What, Why series, Danika comprehensively explores the tragic history of slavery throughout time and throughout the world. It’s a sad history, but also a hopeful one, with God’s gracious promise ultimately to set captives free.
Douglas Bond Author of over 30 books, including ‘War in the Wasteland’ and ‘The Resistance’
Danika Cooley had hit the mark with this series. Slavery is an ugly topic, but the stories of the Christian responses to the evil allow hope to shine through. Readers will learn a lot of history, but more importantly they will learn what it means to put the Gospel into action. A series well worth reading.
Linda Finlayson Author of ‘God’s Timeline’ and ‘God’s Bible Timeline’
I love the effort that Danika Cooley makes in this book to simplify and bring the short stories of several people who fought against slavery and slave trading to the attention of a new generation of young people.
Danika Cooley (ThinkingKidsBlog.org) is an award–winning author and Bible curriculum developer. The homeschool mother of four graduated from the University of Washington. Bible Road Trip™ and ‘Help Your Kids Learn and Love the Bible’ are used by families around the globe.
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