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\u00a0Despite the increased renewal of interest in abolitionism, blacks have largely been absent from these portrayals. In\u00a0Lincoln<\/a>, black opposition to slavery was kept to a few scenes; PBS\u2019 The Abolitionists profiled only one black abolitionist,Frederick Douglass<\/a>; and in\u00a012 Years a Slave<\/a>, abolitionists are all white, ignoring even\u00a0Solomon Northup<\/a>\u2019s role fighting slavery and demanding reparations after his emancipation. Textbooks and state curricula devote little attention to the abolition movement, let alone to black abolitionists.<\/div>\n
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Every day during Black History Month, the\u00a0Zinn Education Project<\/a>\u00a0will feature a noted black abolitionist on our Facebook page. We also offer a role play on the people\u2019s history of the abolition movement to help students learn a more accurate and empowering history of the fight to end slavery. Read more here:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/LAl8tP<\/a>\u00a0This image features just a few of countless black abolitionists. They are: (l-r) Top row:\u00a0Frederick Douglass<\/a>,Sojourner Truth<\/a>,\u00a0Henry Highland Garnet<\/a>,\u00a0Mary Ann Shadd<\/a>\u00a0Cary, Osborne P. Anderson,\u00a0Harriet Tubman<\/a>Bottom row:\u00a0Charlotte Forten<\/a>\u00a0Grimke,\u00a0Charles Lenox Remond<\/a>,\u00a0Sarah Parker Remond<\/a>,\u00a0Martin Delany<\/a>,\u00a0Frances Ellen Watkins<\/a>\u00a0Harper, and\u00a0Olaudah Equiano<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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