Abolition and Women’s Rights

Abolition and Women’s Rights The Spread of Democracy led to calls for freedom for slaves and more rights for women

Key Terms Abolition Underground Railroad Seneca Falls Convention Suffrage Key People Frederick Douglass Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Elisabeth Cady Stanton Key Vocabulary and Key People

A Real Cold Case • The abolition Movement to end slavery would start in the North in the late 1700’s and pick up when importing slaves was banned • David Walker would fight slavery in the north but his pamphlet would lead to his mysterious death • Some whites, like William Lloyd Garrison, would also fight slavery and see their life put in danger as well

Help from Up North • Sarah and Angelina Grimke would move north and begin to speak out against the Horrors of slavery they witnessed in the South • Theodore weld would lead a petition movement against Slavery and John Quincy Adams would have them read to support his anti-slavery views • Adams would address slavery through amendments and support the cases of slaves before the supreme court

First Hand Knowledge • Some eyewitnesses to slavery like Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth spread their first hand stories of slavery • Frederick Douglass would write his autobiography to illustrate his views on slavery, and his journey to freedom • Sojourner Truth would escape slavery and work with the Quakers to rescue her son and then spread the word against the horrors of slavery

I’ve been working on the Rail Road • Some people went above and beyond to help slaves escape via the Underground Railroad • The underground railroad was mostly used at nights and relied on the help of stations to keep the runaway slaves hidden at night • Slaves would also take more unusual routes, hidden or uncomfortable, to finally gain Freedom

Traffic Conductor • Harriet Tubman also worked on the Underground railroad after she escaped slavery • After freedom she would make 19 journeys to help other slaves escape on the railroad • She was so successful that slave owners offered a $40,000 reward for her capture

The new….stronger…woman • Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would led the Women’s anti-slavery movement, though they were not permitted to speak in public • William Lloyd Garrison would join with Mott and Stanton and not speak in protest to the violation of Women’s Rights • Women were often viewed, and treated like, children and had few rights, freedoms and privileges • After the convention Mott and Stanton decided to hold a conference to push for women’s rights

Lets take a Vote • Mott and Stanton would plan the Seneca Falls Convention to help spread women's rights in the United States and Created the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions • Women also began to fight for suffrage, which was not popular, but still made it into the resolution • Women’s rights to vote were often ridiculed, but the ridicule would make their arguments stronger

Fight….For your right….for rights • Sojourner Truth would continue to lead for women’s rights and abolition and gain popularity among skeptical crowds • Scientist Maria Mitchell Would form the Association for the Advancement of Women and lead by example, being elected to the Academy of arts and sciences • Susan B. Anthony would fight for women’s rights to own property and make money, her work would lead to wage and property laws in Mississippi, New York, and 29 other states • The fights for women's rights, and abolition, however would wait until the 1860’s and into the 1900’s to be realized

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Abolition and Women’s Rights