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Abolition and Women’s Rights

Abolition and Women’s Rights. Chapter 14: Section 4. Underground Railroad . Def: above ground series of escape routes from the South to the North Traveled on foot, wagons, boats, and trains Traveled by night and hid during day. Harriet Tubman Most famous conductor Made 19 journeys

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Abolition and Women’s Rights

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  1. Abolition and Women’s Rights Chapter 14: Section 4

  2. Underground Railroad • Def: above ground series of escape routes from the South to the North • Traveled on foot, wagons, boats, and trains • Traveled by night and hid during day • Harriet Tubman • Most famous conductor • Made 19 journeys • Carried a pistol and medicine

  3. Abolitionists • William Lloyd Garrison • Wrote The Liberator: an abolitionist newspaper • Sarah and Angelina Grimke • Sisters from the South; spoke out against slavery • John Quincy Adams • Read banned anti-slavery petitions in Congress

  4. Abolitionists Call for Ending Slavery • Abolition- the movement to end slavery • By 1804- most Northern states wanted to outlaw slavery. • 1807- Congress banned the importation of Africans. (slave trade)

  5. Eyewitnesses to Slavery • Fredrick Douglas • Wrote autobiography about his slave experiences. • Bought freedom • Started anti-slavery newspaper. • Sojourner Truth • Escaped slavery • Lived with Quakers • Won court battle to recover young son • “Ain’t I a woman”

  6. Seneca Falls Convention • Women’s rights convention held in 1848 • Wrote Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions • Modeled after Declaration of Independence • Listed complaints or resolutions • Demanded rights

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