A Call to ActionThe United States of America is known for its demands for democracy, equality, and freedom for all its citizens. These demands are the foundation of America's independence and essentially its entire history. But the “claims” are simply what they were in history. While many achieved equality in democracy and freedom, the African American population of the United States was exempt from these "unalienable rights" and heavily oppressed by society. The cruelty of slavery and oppression as a whole reached its peak in the 19th century with the abolitionist movement, which ultimately contributed to the historic elimination of slavery and the continuing struggle for equal rights citizenship for African Americans. Among the many abolitionists who fought for equality in the 19th century, Angelina Grimke, Frederick Douglass, and Harriett Jacobs stand out as being among the most influential writers and speakers of that era. Angelina Grimke was a white Southern woman, who abandoned the South with her sister to speak out against slavery and began focusing primarily on persuading white women to use their rights to take action against slavery. Frederick Douglass was one of the most famous abolitionists in American history. He used his literary expertise as well as his incredible first-hand experience as a slave to publicly denounce and condemn the evils of slavery. Last, but not least, Harriet Jacobs was one of the most recognizable African-American writers in history thanks to her slave narrative “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” in which she exposed the broad array of evil evils that occurred on the plantations and were destroyed. the lives of many young girls and people in general. Each of these abolitionists was incredibly influential in their own way, but they...... middle of paper...... people from the North to help their cause while Jacobs used vivid descriptions of experiences and a sentimental voice to touch the men and women of the North. These three, like all abolitionists, called for change, called for help, and called for immediate action to end the slavery of African Americans and were undoubtedly essential in the abolitionist movement. nominally free states. » Letter to the American Women's Anti-Slavery Convention. 1837. Women claim the right to act 1836-1837. Seton Hall University Libraries. Internet. April 20, 2014. Douglass, Frederick. “What the Slave Is the 4th of July.” New York, Rochester. Seton Hall University Libraries. Internet. April 20, 2014. Jacobs, Harriet A. “The Trials of Childhood.” Incidents in the life of a slave. Seton Hall University Libraries. Internet. April 20. 2014.