Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin which was about slavery and it changed many people's minds about slavery and African Americans. The book aided to the start of the Civil War due to the conflicted ideas that people from the north and south interpreted from the book.
Charles Sumer was the leader of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War and worked to destroy the Confederacy and free all of the slaves. He guaranteed equal rights for all men.
John Brown was a strong christian who believed in equality for everyone no matter what skin color. Brown and his sons lived in the Kansas territory and killed five people who thought slavery should be legalized. Brown also attacked and arsenal in Virginia planning to take weapons and give them to slaves. His plan did not work and he was captured and hanged for treason.
Stephen Douglas was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and a democrat. He defeated Lincoln in a run for Senate. Lincoln later defeated Douglas in the election of 1860 for president.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. His term was served during the time of the Civil War. He is know as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to end slavery in the United States. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre six days after most of the confederates surrendered.
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the confederate. He also served as congress man and senator of Mississippi. After the Civil War, he was charged with treason and fled to Europe to escape the charges. After the charges were dropped, he returned to New Orleans, Louisiana and later died there in 1889.
Ulysses S. Grant was an officer in the Union army. He fought in the Mexican War and later became top general in the Civil War by winning many battles such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. After the war was over, he became the eighteenth president of the United States. He respected civil rights for African Americans, but historians criticize his work as a president.
Robert E Lee was one of the most talented generals of the civil war. Lee fought in the Mexican war and the American Civil War. He commanded the force that captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry. He denied Lincoln's request to join the Union, but he declared his allegiance to Virginia.
William Tecumseh Sherman fought in the Mexican-American War and served as general in the Civil War. His army burned the cities of Savannah and Atlanta. He was in charge of the union army after the Civil War.