Abolitionist rallies often featured formerly enslaved speakers such as "Frederick Douglas," since these people provided an unparalleled point of view into the terrors and evils of slavery.
<span>It led to the Watauga Petitions
Since no copy of the Articles of the Watauga Association has ever been found, most of what is known about it comes from other sources, primarily the 1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of the Washington District, commonly called the "Watauga Petition," in which the Wataugans requested annexation by North Carolina</span>
