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THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD (1781–1860):

WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT & ABOLITIONIST

MOVEMENT

WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT

"You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can't stop us, neither.” – Sojourner Truth, Mob Convention 1854

Women denied suff rage (the right to vote in political elections)

CAUSES

Lucretia Mott 1793-1880 Abolitionist and women's rights activist 1821 became Quaker minister and

spoke against slavery only woman to speak for American Anti-

Slavery Society 1846 founded Northern Association for

the Relief and Employment of Poor Women

1848 Organized Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1850 published speech Discourse On Woman Usually never wrote her speeches down

Nicknamed Lucretia “Angry” Mott

PEOPLE

Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 Real name Isabella Baumfree African American abolitionist and

women’s rights activist 1826 fled from slavery with daughter

after lied to by owner “I did not run off, for I thought that wicked, but I

walked off, believing that to be all right.”

1851 makes famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?” at Ohio Women’s Rights Convention “Where did your Christ come from? From God

and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.”

PEOPLE

Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902 Created first feminist movements in

the US 1848 Wrote Declaration of Sentiments

presented at first women’s rights in Seneca Falls, NY

Fought for more than voting rights property rights employment/income divorce economics birth control

1895 Wrote The Women’s Bible radical feminism concerning liberation from the patriarchy "the clergy denounced it as the work of

Satan” –Stanton

PEOPLE

Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 1849 co-founder of the first Women's

Temperance Movement Denied right to join Temperance Movement

created own with Stanton Spoke out against alcohol abuse

1868 co-founded the women's rights journal The Revolution

made about 75-100 speeches annually February 15 Susan B. Anthony Day 1869

Supported American Equal Rights Association with Frederick Douglass black men didn’t care for women’s rights Anthony focused mainly on women’s rights

PEOPLE

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1839 Married Women's Property Act allowed women to be the legal owners of the money they

earned and to inherit property. 1848 Declaration of Sentiments

Document stating that women should be granted all of the right and privileges that men possessed

1850 Woman's Rights Convention in Salem, Ohio First conference where only women could participate

1853 Paulina Wright Davis creates The Una first feminist paper made completely by women

1920 Women can vote Women in the USA gain the right to vote in the 19th

Amendment

MAJOR EVENTS

declaration of sentiments When, in the course o f human events , i t becomes

necessary fo r one por t ion o f the fami ly o f man to assume among the peop le o f the ear th a pos i t ion d i f fe rent f rom that which they have h i ther to occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and o f nature 's God ent i t le them, a decent respect to the op in ions o f mank ind requi res that they should dec lare the causes that impel them to such a course.

We hold these truths to be sel f-evident: that al l men and women are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inal ienable r ights; that among these are l i fe, l iberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these r ights governments are inst i tuted, der iv ing their powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destruct ive of these r ights, i t is the r ight of those who suff er from it to refuse al legiance to i t , and to insist upon the inst i tut ion of a new government, laying i ts foundation on such pr inciples, and organiz ing i ts powers in such form, as to them shal l seem most l ikely to eff ect their safety and happiness.

PRIMARY SOURCE

EFFECT/INFLUENCE

ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”– Frederick Douglass

CAUSES

Slavery was an economic failure Prevented the expansion of paid labor and kept the wages

low for those laborers who were able to get jobsThe slavery went against the Declaration of

Independence “All men are created equal.”

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

He was a literate run away slave During the civil war he advised

Lincoln to let former slaves fi ght for the north.

He told his story and his point of view on slavery at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery convention, he was then asked to join the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

Later in his life he also wrote an autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself

PRIMARY SOURCE

“ I l ove the pure , peaceable , and impar t ia l Chr i s t ian i ty o f Chr i s t : I there fore hate the corrupt , s laveho ld ing, women-whipp ing, c rad le -p lunder ing , par t ia l and hypocr i t i ca l Chr i s t ian i ty o f the land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most dece i t fu l one , for ca l l ing the re l ig ion o f th i s l and Chr i s t ian i ty. I l ook upon i t as the c l imax o f a l l m isnomers , the bo ldest o f a l l f rauds , and the grossest o f a l l l i be l s . Never was there a c lea rer case o f ' s tea l ing the l i very o f the cour t o f heaven to serve the dev i l i n . ' I am fi l led w i th unut te rab le loa th ing when I contempla te the re l ig ious pomp and show, together w i th the horr ib le incons i s tenc ies , wh ich every where surround me. We have men-stea le rs for min i s te rs , women-whippers for miss ionar ies , and c rad le -p lunderers for church members . The man who w ie lds the b lood-c lo t ted cowsk in dur ing the week fi l l s the pu lp i t on Sunday , and c la ims to be a min i s ter o f the meek and low ly Jesus . . . . The s lave auct ioneer ’s be l l and the church-go ing be l l ch ime in w i th each other , and the b i t te r c r ies o f the hear t -broken s lave a re drowned in the re l ig ious shouts o f h i s p ious master. Rev iva l s o f re l ig ion and rev iva l s in the s lave-t rade go hand in hand together. The s lave pr i son and the church s tand near each other. The c lank ing of fe t te rs and the ra t t l i ng o f cha ins in the pr i son, and the p ious psa lm and so lemn prayer in the church, may be heard a t the same t ime. The dea le rs in the bod ies and sou ls o f men erect the i r s tand in the presence o f the pu lp i t , and they mutua l l y he lp each other. The dea le r g ives h i s b lood-s ta ined go ld to suppor t the pu lp i t , and the pu lp i t , i n re turn , covers h i s in fe rna l bus iness w i th the garb o f Chr i s t ian i ty. Here we have re l ig ion and robbery the a l l i es o f each other—dev i l s dressed in ange ls ’ robes , and he l l present ing the semblance of parad ise .”

Fr e d e r i c k D o u g l a s s , N a r r a t i v e o f t h e L i f e o f F r e d e r i c k D o u g l a s s

HARRIET TUBMAN

Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave and abolitionist who also helped with the Underground Railroad which led to the freedom of around 300 slaves.

The Underground Railroad was an underground tunnel in which slaves would use to travel from south to north, in order to run away from their owners and become free.

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WAGE LABOR

Due to the increase in industry and manufacturing, businesses started to require more workers led to the development of wage labor

Wage laborers worked around 16 hours a day, 7 times a week on minimum wage

In 1934, a group of laborers formed the National Trades Union which successfully established a stable amount of work hours and income for wage laborers.

COMPROMISE OF 1850

In 1850, five laws were passed in order to try and obtain California with the least amount of chaos

California requested to enter the United States as a free state, which would create an imbalance between free and slave states.

As a result, the fugitive slave act was created and slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

In 1863, President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

“All persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

This however, still did not end slavery in the United States.

Describe what either Frederick Douglass or Harriet Tubman did to fight against slavery.

What are two major events during women's movement and explain what happened??

What was the Underground Railroad?

HOMEWORK Q’S!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman's_Biblehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/feature

s/general-article/lincolns-womens-rights/

http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/pdf/AntebellumWomen_LOne.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthonyhttp://www.anb.org/cush_rights.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stantonhttp://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/

WIC/Historical-Essays/No-Lady/Womens-Rights/

http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/suff rage.html

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