Young Abolitionists: Children of the Antislavery Movement (Roy) cup and saucer before embarrassing themselves at Seven

before embarrassing themselves at Seven Pines—their first land battle—just outside Richmond

Young readers: Grade 7-9

shaping the course of the Civil War

earning seven Medals of Honor

Lee to take his place—a decision that changed the course of the entire Civil War

Young Abolitionists: Children of the Antislavery Movement (Roy) cup and saucer before embarrassing themselves at Sevenby Michael Roy During the antebellum period, several abolitionist figures, including William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator; Susan Paul, an African American primary school teacher; Henry Clarke Wright, a white reformer; and Frederick Douglass, the internationally renowned activist, consistently appealed to the sympathies of children against slavery. In 1835, Garrison proclaimed, If . . . we desire to see our land delivered from the curse