Q 01/05

Which boxing champion was born with the name of Cassius Marcellus Clay, a Kentucky abolitionist of the 1800s?

A) Joe Frazier

B) Muhammad Ali

C) Sonny Liston

D) George Foreman

Answer · why

B) Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali inherited the name from his father, whom his grandfather had named in tribute to the planter turned antislavery crusader. Ali gave it up ...

Q 02/05

Which American landmark got its familiar name in the 1830s from abolitionists who adopted it as their symbol?

A) Plymouth Rock

B) Independence Hall

C) The Liberty Bell

D) Faneuil Hall

Answer · why

C) The Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell was simply the State House bell until antislavery societies renamed it. Its link to the American Revolution was not drawn until 1847.

Q 03/05

Which biblical nickname did Harriet Tubman earn for leading enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad?

A) Moses

B) Joshua

C) Esther

D) Deborah

Answer · why

A) Moses

Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt, and Tubman made about 13 trips back into slave territory to bring out some 70 people. By her own account, not one ...

Q 04/05

Which disguise, backed by borrowed identity papers, did Frederick Douglass wear to escape slavery by train in 1838?

A) A preacher

B) A soldier

C) A coachman

D) A sailor

Answer · why

D) A sailor

A sailor's uniform was supplied by Anna Murray, the free woman Douglass married eleven days after reaching New York. His whole journey to freedom took...

Q 05/05

Which famous hymn was written by John Newton, a former slave-ship captain who became an abolitionist clergyman?

A) Rock of Ages

B) Amazing Grace

C) Abide with Me

D) Jerusalem

Answer · why

B) Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace first appeared in a 1779 hymn book by a man who had once traded in human beings. Newton lived to see Parliament outlaw the British slave...