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-Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a leading figure in the abolitionist movement, advocating for the end of slavery and equal rights for all people.

Answer: F
 The slave executed for conspiracy could refer to Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831 and was executed for his role in it.

Answer: D
 John Quincy Adams, a former president of the United States who represented the Amistad slaves in court, argued for the slaves to be returned to Africa rather than Cuba, where they would likely be enslaved again.

Answer: I
 The organization helping slaves escape to the North is likely referring to the Underground Railroad, a network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape to freedom before the Civil War.

Answer: J
 The slave executed for killing her master could refer to several different people, but one possibility is Mary Surratt, who was hanged for her role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Answer: K
 The Exodus refers to the mass migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in search of better economic opportunities and freedom from racial discrimination.

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