demonizing women in politics and by removing their opportunities in employment. Stanton read the declaration during the convention‚ and the passage of twelve resolutions regarding women’s rights soon followed. In all‚ 68 women and 32 men‚ including Frederick Douglass signed the
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APUSH- Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture & Reform‚ Terms and Review- KEY Terms to Know: Define these terms and demonstrate why each person‚ event‚ concept‚ or issue is important. Include page numbers please! 1. Romanticism = (Pg. 319) Part of a broad array of movements intended to adapt society to its new conditions. Optimistic faith in human nature; stood in marked contrast to traditional Protestant assumptions of original sin. Reformers argued that individuals should strive to give full
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Feminists‚ Abolitionists‚ and Democracy The framework of America’s government was forged in the spirit of democracy. The founding fathers envisioned a nation of free and equal persons and a country where everyone had a voice in the decision-making process. However‚ it soon became evident that not all people had a voice or even equal rights. Two groups excluded from government were women and African-Americans. These groups rose up to declare their rights to equality and freedom under the law. The
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According to Douglass’s narrative‚ he was a farm renter and a poor man. He works sometimes as a trainer of slaves from the government two or three years without any charge (p.126). To tell about the bitterest dregs of slavery in his entire life‚ Douglass said‚ it was the slavery life staying six months with Covey. Shortest nights were too long for him and the longest day were too short for him. Covey made it possible to break down‚ both physically and spiritually. Douglass’s disposition to read was
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“Rachel Weeping for Her Children”: Black Women and the Abolition of Slavery by Margaret Washington Photograph of Sojourner Truth‚ 1864. (Gilder Lehrman Collection) During the period leading up to the Civil War‚ black women all over the North comprised a stalwart but now largely forgotten abolitionist army. In myriad ways‚ these race-conscious women worked to bring immediate emancipation to the South. Anti-slavery Northern black women felt the sting of oppression personally. Like the slaves‚ they
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Obinna Anene 2/5/2013 English 2111 1:00-1:50 Bio Paper Dr. Carter G. Woodson Who is Dr. Carter G. Woodson? Dr. Woodson‚ Known formally as “The Father of Black History”‚ was the first son out of nine children born to former slaves‚ Anna Eliza & James Woodson in 1875 in New Canton‚ Virginia. At a young age‚ Dr. Woodson would work as a sharecropper and a miner just so that he could help provide for his family. He attended High School in West Virginia in his late teen years at the age of 20
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The Great Struggle “If there is no struggle then there is no progress.” This quote was said by Fredrick Douglass as a way to explain how hard the world works against us. Nature has struggle naturally‚ an example is the lion and his prey. A lion has to struggle to catch his prey‚ so he can live‚ and the prey has to struggle to stay away from the lion so it can live. The progress that both have is that they both get to live if they make it through the struggle. When a person hears the word “struggle”
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you should always do what is right when no one is around to inspect your work. “I prefer to be true to myself‚ even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others‚ rather than to be false‚ and to incur my own abhorrence” this quote is by Frederick Douglass. It states that you should always be true to yourself and do what you think is right so that you don’t soil your name or make
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Magazine of History‚ Vol. 71‚ No. 3 (September 1975)‚ pp. 282-283) In this book‚ Gurko writes about who went to the convention. The demographics speak to the priorities of the convention. The involvement of men is also discussed‚ men such as Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists. 4.) What were the original goals of the Seneca Falls Convention? How/When/Why did they change? Expectant At Seneca Falls SHERRY H. PENNEY‚ JAMES D. LIVINGSTON New York History‚ Vol. 84‚ No. 1 (WINTER 2003)‚
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army engages Confederate forces in a bloody battle. Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the battle and assumed lost‚ but is found alive by a gravedigger named John Rawlins and sent to a field hospital. Shaw visits his family‚ and is introduced to Frederick Douglass. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel‚ and command of the first all-black regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer army. He accepts the responsibility‚ and asks his childhood friend‚ Major Cabot Forbes to serve as his second in
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