underground railroad

…Unlike other liberationists, he also supported the expansion of women's rights, so many women leaders joined his movement. Many liberationists considered Garrison, who called for immediate and free liberation, to be radical, but many actively participated in the Underground Railroad, an organization that helped fugitive slaves, and black leaders such as F. Douglas and Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) emerged. In the 1950s, the main political issue was whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories that were expanding westward. After Mrs. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin attracted attention in 1952, the Republican Party was born in 1954 with the goal of preventing the expansion of slavery in opposition to the power of southern planters. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "underground railroad" is listed below.

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…彼は他の解放論者と違って女性の権利拡張にも賛意を示したので，多くの女性指導者たちも彼の運動に参加した。　解放論者たちのなかには，無償即時解放を叫ぶギャリソンを過激と考える者も多かったが，逃亡奴隷を助ける地下鉄組織underground railroadには多くの人々が積極的に参加したし，黒人のなかにもF.ダグラスやタブマンHarriet Tubman(1820‐1913)のような指導者が現れた。50年代に入ると，西部に拡大された新たな領土に奴隷制を認めるべきかどうかが政治上の主要問題となり，52年にストー夫人の小説《アンクル･トムの小屋》が注目を浴びたのち，54年に南部プランター勢力に対抗して奴隷制不拡大を目標とする共和党が誕生した。…

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