| A | B |
| Henry David Thoreau | Civil Disobedience |
| William Lloyd Garrison | The Liberator |
| Theodore Weld and the Grimke sisters | American Slavery as It Is |
| Some northern Democrats featuring Martin Van Buren and other "whitemanists" | Free Soil Party |
| James G. Birney | Liberty Party |
| Abby Kelly, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone | American Anti-Slavery Society |
| Garrison's opponents featuring Lewis Tappan | American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society |
| Sojourner Truth | "Ain't I a Woman?" speech |
| Eli Whitney | Cotton Gin |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| James Monroe and Henry Clay | American Colonization Society |
| David Walker | An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World |
| Benjamin Lundy | Genius of Universal Emancipation |
| Whites and free blacks in southern cities | Underground Railroad |