Why was frederick douglass so important to the abolition movement? a) he was the first escaped slave to speak publicly against slavery. b) he taught himself to read and write, forcing his master to free him. c) he attended the american anti-slavery society with other escaped slaves. d) he convinced other slaves that resisting slave owners was wrong.

as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.